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Joyce Chen Cooks; Peking Duck II
Part of From the Vault. Part of Joyce Chen Cooks and the Upscaling of Chinese Food in America in the 1960s.
05/19/1967
Mrs. Chen makes Peking Duck in an American kitchen with an American frozen duck. She prepares the duck for cooking and dries it, using an electric fan, to achieve that special characteristic crispness. She roasts the duck in a family oven; then demonstrates how to slice it and eat it with Mandarin pancakes, scallions and a special sauce. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by Dana Polan. Restaurateur Joyce Chen's Chinese cooking show. First aired June 30, 1966. 26 episodes, 30:00 each, b&w.
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- Series
- Joyce Chen Cooks
- Program
- Peking Duck II
- Program Number
26
- Series Description
Premiered September 26, 1966 A distinguished restaurateur and author of a popular Chinese cookbook, Mrs. Chen prepares all kinds of Chinese delicacies and everyone of them can be made in the modern kitchen, with ingredients available at the local supermarket. Series release date: 6/30/1966
- Program Description
Mrs. Chen makes Peking Duck in an American kitchen with an American frozen duck. She prepares the duck for cooking and dries it, using an electric fan, to achieve that special characteristic crispness. She roasts the duck in a family oven; then demonstrates how to slice it and eat it with Mandarin pancakes, scallions and a special sauce.
- Duration
00:28:53
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Peking Duck
- American Chinese Cuisine
- Peking, China
- Chen, Joyce, 1917-1994
- Asian Cuisine
- Chen, Joyce, 1917-1994
- Chinese Cooking
- Genres
- Instructional
- Topics
- Cooking
- Creators
- Lockwood, Ruth (Series Producer)
- Contributors
- Chen, Joyce, 1917-1994 (Host)
- Stevens, Mark (Director)
- Mahard, Frances (Other (see note))
- Lockwood, Ruth (Producer)
- Publication Information
- Presented by the Estate of Joyce Chen and the WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Joyce Chen Cooks; Peking Duck II,” 05/19/1967, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B3D6EDD054CB429CB38E1264F0F7CCCB.
- MLA: “Joyce Chen Cooks; Peking Duck II.” 05/19/1967. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B3D6EDD054CB429CB38E1264F0F7CCCB>.
- APA: Joyce Chen Cooks; Peking Duck II. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B3D6EDD054CB429CB38E1264F0F7CCCB