I do not know when exactly I learned about Mooncakes, but my curiosity about them goes back as far as I can remember. Living in a tiny town in the Midwest, they weren't something I had the opportunity to try, but as a child was the entirety of my knowledge of Chinese baked goods and left me amazed because I knew they were difficult to make.

My knowledge since then has obviously grown, first with Milk, Bread, and then Dim Sum.

This book, however, covers everything my childhood would have wanted to know and so much more. So much so I have every intention of buying this book as a birthday gift to myself.

Normally I'd stray away from saying the Kristina Cho covered everything that my mind can think of, but this woman has included recipes to Ice Cream Mooncakes to her own version, "Danish Sewing Tin Cookies." (Which will be becoming a trademark of holidays in my home)

Cho also does savory recipes of many kinds in her book, enough dim sum recipes to cover my cooking adventures for at least a year. Along with dishes I've never heard mentions before, like Fan Tuan and "Savory Soy Milk with All the Fixings." I'm excited to try if I can find Chinese Donuts (Youtiao) in my area (or brave making them).