The most comprehensive and wide-ranging anthology of traditional dumpling recipes available.

• This globetrotting cookbook takes its dumpling-loving readers across the globe and walks them through their favorite recipes as well as offering some creative challenges for the truly dedicated home cook.
• Dumplings can be adapted to even the strictest of nutritional guidelines. A large number of dumplings are vegetarian if not vegan, or can be easily converted to delicious meatless dishes. Wai Hon Chu provides suggestions for top-notch meat and animal fat substitutes.
• This book will provide recipes for every course of a meal as well as easy directions for a one-pot meal, using ingredients already found in most kitchens and even helping utilize those leftovers in an appealing, creative way.

Outfitted with an original and complete definition of a dumpling, Hon Chu and Connie Lovatt share a surprising, expansive view of this remarkable fare. Nothing short of dazzling, these 135 dumpling recipes, (including dozens that are gluten-free) complete with sixty-four sauces, soups and stews, and twenty-nine additional support recipes, encourage all of us to welcome dumplings, of all sorts and sizes, into our kitchens and onto our tables.