As I am a westerner now living in China I was unfamiliar with many of the vegetables available at local markets. This book has proved very helpful, the information is clearly laid out, and the illustrations make it easy to identify each vegetable.
I have used one or two of the recipes and they have worked perfectly and been delicious.
I would have given the book 5 stars, but for two things: firstly the author has always given the Cantonese name of the vegetables rather than the Mandarin name which is the standard language (Cantonese being a Chinese dialect) and that makes it difficult to ask for them by name. Secondly, although she has covered a wide range of commonly available vegetables there are several surprising omissions (kohlrabi, spring onions etc) and the list of vegetables included in the book is far from comprehensive ( )