Lorraine Clissold's journey into Chinese food culture was not so much about learning recipes as crossing culinary boundaries. Fascinated from day one to find a nation that positively stuffed at every meal but never worried about counting calories, she frequented street stalls and markets and learnt to speak Mandarin Chinese so that she could interact with chefs and restaurateurs. ‘Why the Chinese Don't Count Calories' introduces a little understood cuisine and reveals the 15 secrets that changed her life - and can change yours too.