Chinese cooking is a labor of love, emphasis on labor. All that chopping and frying, followed by the vigorous scrubbing of pans and woks to clean them. It’s why I typically prefer takeout. This ...

Michelle T. King's new book is about a pioneering cook who brought Chinese food to the world, Fu Pei-mei. NPR's Scott Simon talks with King about her and about the book, "Chop Fry Watch Learn." ...

Seven decades ago, long before Fu Pei-mei became a beloved authority on Chinese cooking, she was struggling to make jiaozi. These boiled dumplings from northern China were her husband’s favorite and ...

When I was younger and people asked what I ate for dinner, I struggled to answer. “It’s Chinese food, but not what you eat at Chinese restaurants,” I’d say. Dinners usually looked like a bowl of rice ...

When James Beard award-winning food writer Kevin Pang got an email from his parents, telling him to check out a video, he promptly ignored it, as people occasionally do with parental media ...

When James Beard award-winning food writer Kevin Pang got an email from his parents, telling him to check out a video, he promptly ignored it, as people occasionally do with parental media ...

Grabbing takeout is always a treat, but frozen food is almost always easier, and less expensive. Thankfully, not all frozen foods are inferior to what you find at the restaurant. Here are several ...

Give your Chinese leftovers a second chance with these ideas. From dinners to desserts, there are plenty of delicious ways to ...

Picture a woman who becomes a TV star in 1962, teaching people how to cook one of the world's great cuisines. Nope, not Julia Child. It's Fu Pei-mei. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) FU PEI-MEI: (Non ...