The Best Cookbooks of Spring 2025, According to Eater Editors | Eater

"The Brooklyn Cantonese American restaurant the chef opened in 2022 is presented as the practical, home-forward foundation for the cookbook’s approach: cheffy but accessible, designed for cooking at home rather than elaborate restaurant service. The reviewer highlights an "extra-plush Hong Kong egg scramble" whose key technique is "just a little cornstarch, evaporated milk, oil, and water," and pairs it with taro-root diner hash browns and a sweet-and-spicy ketchup. Menu-linked ideas include shrimp-paste butter that elevates charred cabbage, string beans with fermented fuyu butter (a personal favorite), salt-and-pepper seasoning with a Chinese-ranch dip for pork schnitzel, silken tofu zhuzhed with soy sauce and chile crisp, and a suggested quick beefy black bean garlic sauce—all examples of familiar dishes given clever, home-friendly upgrades." - Rebecca Flint Marx