Pour Until I Say Stop

What's inside

• A three-visit method: watch, weigh, then cook it back while they watch.
• Forty interview prompts in five sets: the dish, the pantry, the hands, the table and festivals, and the story. The fifteen most important are also in Simplified Chinese.
• A watch-and-weigh method: tare the bowl, let them pour, weigh it. A phone-video checklist, and the rule “write the cue, not just the number”.
• A worksheet for 一点, 少许, 适量, 一把 and 一碗: what “a little” and “enough” mean in this family's hands.
• A units page (斤 and 两, spoons and cups, all clearly approximate).
• Bilingual recipe cards in 4×6 and 5×7 inches, fronts and backs, with fields for 菜名 dish, 谁教的 taught by, 火候 heat and timing cues, and 记住 remember.
• The rest of the kit: provenance pages, a family heat table, binder cover and spines, dividers, a gift note, and a printing guide.

Who it's for

Children and grandchildren who want their family's dishes written down before the chance is gone, and anyone giving that project as a gift at Lunar New Year, a birthday, or a new baby.

Not for anyone looking for a cookbook. There are no recipes inside.

Formats and fine print

• Printable PDFs in US Letter and A4. The cards print on card stock at home or at a print shop.
• Headings are in Simplified Chinese and English. A Traditional Chinese edition will come after a fluent review.
• Personal household licence. 14-day refunds, no questions asked.