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	Cooking Light - Martin Yan Can Teach - Healthy Recipes and Menus
		Martin Yan's motto has always been, "If Yan can, you can, too!" Classic techniques essential to Chinese cooking, such as steaming, stir-frying, and braising, can indeed be mastered by the home cook.
		Yan's mission is to teach his television viewers and cookbook readers that cooking can be fun, quick, and easy.
		Yan compares Chinese-style braising to the technique of reducing in Western cooking: The liquid evaporates to concentrate the flavor.
	www.cookinglight.com /cooking/cs/worldcuisine/package/0,14343,672204,00.html (735 words)

	Martin Yan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martin Yan (甄文達 Pinyin: Zhēn Wéndá; later 殷文達 Yīn Wéndá, note that 甄 and 殷 are both Yan in Cantonese) (born 1948) is a Chinese-born American chef and actor who hosts the award-winning national cooking show Yan Can Cook.
		Born in Guangzhou to a restaurateur father and a grocer mother, Yan began cooking at 12.
		Yan maintains that his accent is not fake and that any excessive intonation is because of his enthusiasm: "For many people the accent will stay, even those that speak English perfectly, and uses proper grammar and words." Yan started studying English at 16.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_Yan (512 words)

	Martin Yan Quick & Easy
		Martin Yan, celebrated host of more than 1,500 cooking shows, highly respected food and restaurant consultant, and certified Master Chef, enjoys distinction as both a teacher and author.
		Martin Yan's cooking shows, on television or in person, are as entertaining as they are educational.
		Martin Yan is the recipient of national and international recognition among his peers as a master chef.
	www.alacartetv.com /html/chinatowns_06/bio.htm (513 words)

	Yan Can Cook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yan Can Cook was a Chinese cooking show starring Martin Yan that showed recipes for stir frying and other traditional Chinese dishes.
		Martin's programs are shown widely on Public Television in the United States and on Food TV in Canada.
		Martin's style of presentation is infused with a little bit of humor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yan_Can_Cook (221 words)

	Martin Yan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Martin Yan, of PBS's famed "Yan Can Cook," took time from his busy traveling and filming schedule to address 400 JandW students at our Denver Campus as a Distinguished Visiting Chef in April.
		Yan demonstrated knife skills and food preparation, and spoke about his life in the culinary industry.
		"Martin Yan's commitment to the culinary industry, and undying passion for educating people about culinary arts are what made his presentation spectacular," said Matt Smith '99, Johnson and Wales University's Community Leadership Institute director.
	jwuculinary.newfangled.com /content524.html (386 words)

	NPR : Yan Can Write : Alphonse Vinh
		Martin Yan is noted for making television programs which provide not only the flavors of the cooking traditions of China and Asia but also let viewers travel along.
		Chef Yan gives us a guide "How to order in a Chinese restaurant" with such reminders as "always order soup" to "who says it's not polite to point?" For the delights of dim sum, Martin Yan gives us highlight dishes with their Cantonese and Mandarin pronunciations in case of servers with limited skills in English.
		As Julia Child writes in her introduction to Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: "Thanks to this seminal book you are holding in your hands, we now have the best of all China and Chinatowns to savour.
	www.npr.org /programs/musings/2002/nov/yan.html (773 words)

	Martin Yan Information
		Martin Yan (甄文達 Pinyin: Zhēn Wéndá; later 殷文達 Yīn Wéndá, note that 甄 and 殷 are both Yan in Cantonese) (born 1948) is a Chinese-born American chef and actor who hosts the award-winning national cooking show Yan Can Cook.
		Yan's TV presentation, which combines his thick Cantonese accent with clownish behavior, has been of particular note.
		Yan maintains that his accent is not fake and that any excessive intonation is because of his enthusiasm: "For many people the accent will stay, even those that speak English perfectly, and uses proper grammar and words." Yan started studying English at 16.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Martin_Yan (442 words)

	Martin Yan
		Martin Yan, of PBS's famed "Yan Can Cook," took time from his busy traveling and filming schedule to address 400 JandW students at our Denver Campus as a Distinguished Visiting Chef in April.
		Yan demonstrated knife skills and food preparation, and spoke about his life in the culinary industry.
		"Martin Yan's commitment to the culinary industry, and undying passion for educating people about culinary arts are what made his presentation spectacular," said Matt Smith '99, Johnson and Wales University's Community Leadership Institute director.
	culinary.jwu.edu /content524.html (386 words)

	RMPBS Cooks! Club: Yan Can Cook
		Born in Guangzhou, China, Yan began his culinary career at the age of thirteen as a young Hong Kong restaurant apprentice and later graduated from the Overseas Institute of Cookery in Hong Kong.
		Yan is a popular radio and television guest, and has appeared on such national programs as The Phil Donahue Show, The Home Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, the Mike and Maty Show, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
		Martin Yan’s Asia is the companion volume to this new season of his public television series.
	www.krma.org /cooks/asian/yan/host.html (356 words)

	Martin Yan's Feast
		In his ninth book Martin Yan's Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook, he presents the magic of the Orient in a compilation of some of his favorite dishes--a magnificent collection of home-style recipes, mostly Chinese, with a few Southeast Asian, Korean, and Japanese dishes tossed into the mix to keep things lively.
		With an unflagging sense of humor, insatiable curiosity, and a heartfelt respect for the traditions of Asian cooking, Yan is dedicated to dispelling the mysteries of Asian cooking and furthering the understanding and enjoyment of the cuisines of Asia.
		Martin Yan's Feast is a labor of love that has been twenty years in the making.
	www.globalgourmet.com /food/special/1999/feast/index.html (723 words)

	martin yan ... at MSN Shopping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World...
		The companion volume to Martin Yan's new PBS series of the...
		Martin Yan's Asia: Favorite Recipes from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Japan...
	shopping.msn.com /results/shp/?text=martin+yan+... (229 words)

	Publix Apron's News Release: Yan Can
		His newest cookbook, "Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking, 200 Traditional Recipes From 11 Chinatowns Around the World" (Morrow, $34.95), is a companion cookbook to that show.
		"Martin cooks and eats with engaging gusto, and he is certainly the premier exponent of Chinese cuisine," Child writes.
		Yan's book is a lip-smacking visit through the streets, shops and restaurants in 11 Chinatowns on four continents, from London to Yokohama.
	www.publix.com /aprons/news/NewsRelease.do?id=1002 (1259 words)

	California Dried Plums
		Yan continued his education at the Overseas Institute of Cookery in Hong Kong and, upon graduation, traveled to the United States to further pursue his academic dreams, earning an MS in Food Science from the University of California at Davis.
		Martin Yan is the celebrated host of more than 1,800 cooking shows, a highly respected food consultant, a restaurateur, a professional instructor and prolific author, Martin has done it all!
		Martin’s Double Delight Salad with Creamy Asian Dressing is a fantastic dish that he created for the California Dried Plum Board.
	www.cdpb.org (329 words)

	AsianWeek.com: Feature: Chef Martin Yan Brings Chinatown Cooking to the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yan said the variety of recipes and the collection of stories he’s accumulated from working on this book will carry him on for a lifetime.
		Yan said he is honored to have Child write such a profound introduction to his book.
		Yan has received a handful of prestigious cooking awards and honors for his show, including the highly touted James Beard Award, and received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for best cooking show.
	www.asianweek.com /2003_02_14/cny_martin_yan.html (849 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around ...
		Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking has stunning full-color photography throughout and recipes that make it easy for cooks to create more than two hundred dishes at home, from takeout favorites such as Kung Pao Chicken to restaurant classics such as Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Green Onions.
		Yan often draws on inspiration from other well-known chefs such as Sam Choy, who provides several recipes, including the simple and flavorful Lu'au Stew.
		Helpfully, Yan also adds sidebars containing tips such as "Cracking Crabs" and "Toasting," and makes suggestions for combining "Chinese Food and Wine." The resulting book-glossy and attractively laid out with 200 full-color photos-is as beautiful to look at as it is instructional to the cook.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?isbn=0060084758&userid=wC8L69ZCrU (954 words)

	Amazon.ca: Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World: Books: Martin ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Martin Yan is a true pioneer in bringing Chinese cuisine to our living rooms via his TV shows, with his sense of humor, blazing knife skills, and a teaching style that makes him a real pleasure to watch.
		Yan talks about his personal memories as well as typical traditions, and how the food is a huge part of the celebration.
		Yan harvested these recipes, and when we cook this food, it is like a trip back...without having to buy a plane ticket.
	www.amazon.ca /Martin-Yans-Chinatown-Cooking-Traditional/dp/0060084758 (1946 words)

	Martin Yan - Celebrity Chef, Yan Can Cook - Nationwide Speakers Bureau
		Chef Martin Yan and the Yan Can Cook Group are consultants to the food manufacturing, foodservice and hospitality industries, specializing in Chinese and Asian cuisines.
		Chef Yan’s professional experience and training make him uniquely qualified as a food consultant, culinary educator, and television and radio personality on both sides of the Pacific.
		The author of ten best-selling cookbooks, Martin Yan is a frequent contributor to a wide variety of food publications, bringing a unique blend of food knowledge, expertise in Asian cultures and cuisines and spirited wit.
	www.nationwidespeakers.com /speaker/302 (288 words)

	ASIA IN NEW YORK CITY : Interview
		Martin Yan, also known as the Yan Can Cook, is the most popular Asian chef on television.
		Yan has introduced millions of people to the joys of Asian cuisine over the past two decades and is partially responsible for sparking the Asian food trend in the U.S. An accomplished chef and culinary educator, Mr.
		Yan began his career as a chef’s apprentice in Hong Kong, and holds certification as a Master Chinese Chef from the Ontario Restaurant Association, as well as a Master's degree in food science from the University of California at Davis and an honorary doctorate from Johnson and Wales University.
	www.asiainnyc.org /3_0_interview.html (3123 words)

	AsianWeek.com: A&E: Culinary Master Martin Yan Can Cook, and A Whole Lot More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yan’s gig is all about teaching, and says his show is, “very educational.
		Yan was born in Guangzhou, China, where he received his earliest formal training as a chef.
		Yan first immigrated to Canada, and then to the United States, where he earned a Masters of Science degree in Food Science from the University of California, Davis.
	www.asianweek.com /2000_06_29/ae3_martinyancancook.html (1049 words)

	Melissa's World Variety Produce - Organic, Specialty & Recipes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To fans all over the world, Certified Chinese Master Chef Martin Yan is the celebrated host of 2,000 cooking shows, a highly respected food and restaurant consultant, and the author of 26 cookbooks.
		Chef Yan has brought his native China and the rest of Asia into the kitchens of home chefs around the world with numerous PBS series and books including Martin Yan's Culinary Journey Through China, Martin Yan's Asia, Martin Yan's Feast, Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking, and the latest series and book: Martin Yan's Quick & Easy.
		Martin Yan's dedication to unlocking the mysteries of Asian cuisine is clearly and deliciously displayed in his cooking shows, in his books, and through his numerous personal appearances on behalf of some of the industry's finest companies and associations.
	www.melissas.com /Magazine/index.cfm?article_id=358&Page_ID=70 (549 words)

	Class Notes Profile-Yan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Then you've seen Martin Yan '73, M.S. '77, display his culinary talents on his television cooking show, "Yan Can Cook." UC Davis students recently saw Yan in action: He traded in his chef's apron for a tweed blazer to come to UC Davis and talk with them about the health benefits of Chinese food.
		According to Yan, "When illness or imbalance cannot be relieved through an adjustment in food intake, then herbal tonics are prescribed." Students passed around various roots, mushrooms and vegetables while Yan discussed their healing powers and, as he termed it, "the science of cooking."
		Yan emphasized that moderation, however, remains a vital part of health, so don't be too quick to grab another egg roll in an effort to maintain your yin-yang!
	www-ucdmag.ucdavis.edu /su96/ClassNotesTOC/Class_Notes_Profile-Yan.html (296 words)

	Alibris: Martin Yan
		The companion volume to Martin Yan's new PBS series of the same name, this cookbook is the ideal introduction to Asian cooking.
		Martin Yan tours 11 Chinatowns--among them New York City, San Francisco, London, Vancouver, and Melbourne--in search of 200 great recipes that range from Kung Pao Chicken to Sesame Balls.
		Martin Yan, the popular television chef, presents a compendium of 200 recipes that can bring authentic Chinese dishes to your dinner table.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Yan,Martin (878 words)

	Chef School Review - Chef Spotlight: Martin Yan
		Martin Yan continued to refine his skills in Canada and the United States, completing a Master of Science degree in food science from University of California, Davis.
		According to Yan, “Food is only part of the experience in a restaurant; the serving plate is an art, and you must have attention to detail.” And detail is the perfect adjective to describe Martin Yan’s unique signature style.
		Martin Yan has developed a TV persona that keeps his audience riveted.
	www.chefschoolreview.com /blog/2007/04/chef_spotlight_martin_yan.html (686 words)

	Ten Speed Press - All Products - Martin Yan's Asian Favorites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Martin then heads to Taiwan, where he uncovers a microcosm of Chinese cuisine, with elements derived from every region and style found on the mainland.
		The range of Martin’s experiences reflects the ingenuity and diversity of the cuisine, which, simply put, is like nothing else in the world.
		MARTIN YAN began his illustrious career as a chef’s apprentice in Hong Kong and China and went on to receive certification as a Master Chinese Chef from the Ontario Restaurant Association.
	www.tenspeedpress.com /catalog/all/item.php3?id=1329 (606 words)

	LookSmart - Directory - Martin Yan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Martin's latest cookbook is filled with wonderful meal ideas as well as captivating photos and stories of his travels.
		Yan fills tarts shells with a buttery mixture of coconut, egg, peanuts, evaporated milk, and butter.
		Yan turns the traditional dish, shrimp toast, vegetarian by replacing the shrimp with a vegetable spread of carrots, water chestnuts, potato, and shitake mushrooms.
	lsxml.looksmart.com /p/browse/us1/us317834/us317900/us286984/us573804 (302 words)

	Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World by Martin Yan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		That talent and knowledge are presented here in Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking, a companion volume to his new public television series.
		Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking has stunning full-color photography throughout and recipes that make it easy for cooks to create more than two hundred dishes at home, from takeout favorites such as Kung Pao Chicken to restaurant classics such as Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Green Onions.
		Martin makes the exotic familiar by offering tips on unfamiliar ingredients and specific techniques in combination with Chinatown history and culture.
	www.harpercollins.com /books/9780060084752/Martin_Yans_Chinatown_Cooking/index.aspx (604 words)

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