Lion Dance Cafe Cookbook: Authentic, Not Traditional

Authors: C-Y Chia and Shane Stanbridge

This vegan cookbook is brought to you by C-Y Chia and Shane Stanbridge, the duo behind Michelin-recognized Lion Dance Cafe in Oakland, CA. The popular eatery is renowned for their highly personal, farm-to-table driven approach to marrying their Chinese, Singaporean and Italian heritages on the plate for meatless yet uncompromisingly flavorful results. 

Some of their accolades include:

• A James Beard nomination each for Best Chef: California
• Topping the New York Times' list of best dishes in the country
• Bold Italic's Best New Restaurant & Chef of the Year awards
• Features in Bon Appétit's "Queer Food Capital" piece and KQED's TV show Check Please!

In the book you'll find:

• A mini-guide to their fully vegan pantry staples and must-have pieces of cooking equipment
• 100 recipes packed with their Italo Chinese Singaporean flavors, including our fiery sambals, "intoxicating(ly)" rich coconut laksa, chewy pandan nian gao, famous shaobing sandwiches, aromatic nasi lemak with jackfruit rendang, "unforgettable" mushroom goreng, and more
• Tips and pointers, anecdotes about how a recipe came about, and other tidbits!

Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.