Now fast, healthy, and flavorful East-West cooking can be an every night event! Emmy award-winning chef and cookbook author Ming Tsai shares his easy recipes and techniques for creating flavorful East-West food at home.

Ming demonstrates how to make his fast and simple flavor-packed sauces, marinades, salsas, rubs, stocks, and doughs - all of which can be used to create a universe of new dishes, ranging from Hoisin-marinated BBQ chicken to scallop mango ceviche. Many of these master recipes have fewer than 7 ingredients, require no more than 20 minutes to prepare, and can be stored in the fridge for at least a week, saving the home cook time and providing endless culinary inspiration.

After preparing his flavor bases, Ming uses them combined with a handful of fresh ingredients to create a versatile array of dishes. Guest chefs, including Todd English, Martin Yan, and Michael Lomonaco, then demonstrate how adaptable the bases are by using them in their own unique recipes. Along the way, Ming travels to specialty markets and takes time to demystify some of the more exotic Asian ingredients he uses in his recipes.

Ming Tsai is the award-winning chef-owner of Blue Ginger in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and the author of Simply Ming. He has received the coveted James Beard Award for Best Chef/Northeast, and is the star of Simply Ming, airing on public television.

Featured Recipes Include: ∑ Wok-Stirred Beef with Eggplant and Black Beans ∑ Soy-Kaffir Lime Glazed Salmon with Lime Sushi Rice ∑ East-West Minestrone Soup ∑ Blue Ginger Crispy Calamari