Crazy and Passionate Healthy Cooking: by Suki Chan

Copyright 2015 by Suki Chan. 710772

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015911508

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-5035-8709-0

Hardcover 978-1-5035-8710-6

EBook 978-1-5035-8708-3

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Rev. date: 12/04/2015

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CONTENTS

PREFACE :
BEGINNIN G
AN OPEN HEART

This cookbook memoir is not only about recipes but also about how food has changed my life dramatically. I know I have learned so much about myself. Cooking has taught me the importance of follow-through, that success requires work, and how to accept failure and move forward.

This book was born in my heart. It is a tapestry woven from my life experiences and my newfound passion for exploring unknown and exciting places, cuisines and foods, people, and cultures and using those discoveries to go into my kitchen and create.

To be able to evoke a plethora of feelings in those who eat what I have prepared is beyond my wildest dreams. Seeing, touching, smelling, tasting, and savoringall those senses awakened by a dish I have cooked is bliss to me!

How wonderful for someone to eat seafood prepared by me and be transported back to a romantic getaway on a tropical island or to a noisy bistro where someone special was there to be discovered.

Food and cooking have ignited so many feelings within me: opportunity, disappointment, anticipation, joy, and hope, to name a few. My sincerest wish is that my story and recipes will spark those within you as well.

Cooking requires planning, focus, patience, a certain amount of skill, and perhaps pushing oneself to attempt that which has never been done. Care must be taken so excellent and delicious results can be achieved. Being adventurous and changing a recipe to make it your own can be scary and thrilling at the same time.

So it is with life. Cooking has helped me to learn how to direct my own life, accept failure as a learning opportunity, and bask in the joy of success. I am stronger and more self-confident than ever.

My story and recipes are meant to awaken your senses and stir up the excitement of possibility, passion, and zest for life and love. I want you to be enthusiastic about making new discoveries, overcoming adversity, and finding the love of your life or rekindling an old flame.

Cooking for someone and sharing meals you have prepared are presents of love and comfort, given sometimes at great sacrifice. Never forget that the most precious gift you can give someone is love.

MY CHINESE NAME IS SAU-YU

It seems like food has always been a part of my life. My Chinese name is Sau-Yu, which means skinny fish. I find that humorous. My father called me that and constantly coaxed me to eat more than I did. My mother had her own nickname for me, Chili, because I was sassy and independent. Of course, schoolmates and childhood friends make fun of names, so I have also been known as Fat Fish.

As a little girl, the seed of my love of food and cooking was planted early. I had many fun toys to play with, but my favorite activity was to take a saucepan from the kitchen and fill it with uncooked rice and milk powder and pretend to cook it and eat it. When I was finished, I would dump it all out and do it all over. Little did I know at that time that the seed would blossom into this cook book.

These little fish that I created bring back fond memories of my Chinese name.

Skinny F ish