Lion Dance Cafe Authentic, Not Traditional

 From the authors:

“We are C-Y Chia and Shane Stanbridge, the duo behind Michelin-recognized Lion Dance Cafe. Our highly personal, farm to table driven, approach to marrying our Chinese, Singaporean and Italian heritages on the plate for meatless yet uncompromisingly flavorful results has earned us many accolades, including a James Beard nomination each for Best Chef: California, topped New York Times' list of best dishes in the country, Bold Italic's Best New Restaurant & Chef of the Year awards, and features in Bon App�tit's "Queer Food Capital" piece and KQED's TV show Check Please!, just to name a few.

We get asked often why we aren't going with a conventional publisher, given LDC's profile. It comes back to our motto, "Authentic, not Traditional". Working with a publisher typically requires significant compromising (creatively, timing-wise...). This has taken a lot of thought and research, and we have spoken with publishers as well as cookbook authors and chefs to help us make this decision.