1.   Dim sum restaurants use them to wrap loh mai gai, savory dumplings made of sticky rice, chicken and Chinese sausage.

2.   Especially intriguing, and a meal in itself, was the fried rice with shrimp and that weirdly sweet Chinese sausage.

3.   I chose a combination of Chinese sausage and ham as the meat, and used defrosted frozen peas as the vegetable.

4.   The book includes a smart glossary of ingredients, from the familiar star anise to the Chinese sausage lap cheung, and gives mail-order sources outside Seattle.

5.   Fragrant waxed duck and plump red Chinese sausages herald the winter season in China.

6.   Winter Delights, a delicacy of waxed duck and Chinese sausages, are now available at the Shang Palace.

7.   You can get Chinese sausage, duck abalone and dim sum at the expensive spots, but the more typical restaurants offer carne asada alongside egg rolls.