Figure 1 Publishing

Food + Drink

The Double Happiness Cookbook

88 Feel-Good Recipes and Food Stories

Awarded 1st place in the Reference Category by the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada

Shortlisted for 2022 Taste Canada Awards in Regional / Cultural Cookbooks

Eighty-eight recipes, eight compelling stories, and one man’s dream.

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“Filled with mouth-watering recipes that Trevor has gathered from meals shared with family and the many restaurants he’s cooked at. Fresh, inspiring and beautiful, this is the consummate immigrant story.”

—Tracy Moore, entrepreneur and host of Cityline

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Book Description

In 2016, Trevor Lui abandoned a successful corporate job to throw on an apron and get into the kitchen, behind the bar, and in front of diners. The Double Happiness Cookbook is the compelling story of his inspiring journey, featuring 88 incredible recipes—from BBQ pork on rice to sweet chili cauliflower wings to ramen with L.A. Kalbi—that celebrate heritage, community, and identity.

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“Lui’s debut cookbook, The Double Happiness Cookbook, features 88 mouthwatering recipes, like BBQ pork on rice, bulgogi beef tostadas, and sweet chili cauliflower wings. It’s a Chinese cookbook that’s packed full of not only delicious recipes, but also compelling stories that celebrate heritage, community, and identity.”

Daily Hive

“In The Double Happiness cookbook, Trevor gives us some insight into his culinary influences growing up (who of us immigrant children hadn’t wanted a “normal” lunch instead of our weird authentically-true paper bag contents).”

Canadian Cookbooks

Mouthwatering Beef and Barley Tataki That’s Bursting With Flavour

Cityline

New Canadian Beef Barley Tataki

Cityline

Two Classic Chinese Dishes to Celebrate the Lunar New Year

CTV Your Morning

Steamed Whole Fish

National Post

Chinese Sausage Croquetas Recipe

Quench Magazine

The Double Happiness Cookbook is ultimately Lui’s ode to comfort food, family, and tradition.”

Culinary Historians of Canada

Macanese Portuguese-Inspired Chicken Curry

Leite’s Culinaria

Our Favourite Fall and Winter Cookbooks of 2020

Chatelaine

“Like eating, this book is a multisensory experience.”

Foreword Reviews

Comfort food countdown

Chatelaine

Asian Heritage 2021 – Adult Reading List

Toronto Public Library

“This book is a whole lot of fun and full of easy weeknight flavour bombs.”

BCLiving

“We need to create pathways to success for diverse voices, because representation matters.”

The Globe and Mail

“Lui’s book is packed with vibrant and visual stories.”

Now Toronto

16 cookbooks for your holiday shopping list

CBC Books

Live to celebrate Lunar New Year

Breakfast Television

What is your primary love language?

Cityline

The Year of the Ox

CHCH Morning Live

National Cheese Lovers Day

CHCH Morning Live

Sunday Shanghai Noodles

Globe and Mail, Eat North

Marble tea eggs

National Post, Eat North

It’s not just a Chinese story, it’s a new Canadian story

National Post

It’s a new Canadian story

National Post

Toronto chef celebrates food producers and tells ‘consummate Canadian story’ with virtual cook-along class

Winnipeg Free Press

Taiwanese Fried Chicken

WanderEater

“Even if your cookbook collection is exploding, you need this one on your shelf.”

WanderEater

“What I love in a cookbook is an author that shakes things up to bring us new and exciting dishes based on their heritage, travel and their own creative genius. Trevor Lui does that, and brilliantly, in his debut cookbook The Double Happiness Cookbook.”

Eat Your Books

Culinary Thrill Seeking – Get set for TET with cultural flavours

Port Arthur News

Double Happiness

Times Radio

“In [Double Happiness Cookbook], he lays out a banquet of delicious recipes, all spiced with anecdotes and info that make it as palatable to read as it is to cook from.”

Naturally, Danny Seo

“A cookbook and stories from the dynamic and multitalented Trevor Lui. The stories share his international cooking journey and how Toronto has helped shape his career. The recipes are multicultural and city-inspired.”

Hamilton Spectator

Take a Tour of the GTA’s Most Delicious Asian Restaurants with Chef Trevor Lui

Toronto Star

Best Toronto Takeout

TRNTO

Chinese restaurants in Toronto team up to celebrate Lunar New Year and fight stigma

blogTO

“A star on the Toronto culinary scene.”

425Magazine

“The Double Happiness Cookbook is a lively celebration of Asian cuisine from Toronto based chef Trevor Lui. This one features feel-good, Asian-inspired recipes with a big city attitude like BBQ pork on rice, bulgogi beef tostadas, and sweet chili cauliflower wings.”

The 10 cookbooks you should read this summer

Daily Hive

Tropical Rice Macanese Portuguese Chicken Curry

Toronto Guardian

Thai Cooking Tips and Recipes from Chef Trevor Lui

WanderEater

Wontons with Sesame-Soy Sauce

PEOPLE Magazine

The Art of Noodle Soup

Toronto Star

This Korean-Mex dish combines Bulgogi beef, tortillas, tomato-corn salsa

Austin American Statesman

Chef Trevor Lui on his favourite Lunar New Year food traditions

CBC Life

Cookbooks Canada

Cracker Barrel

Zoomer

 

 

Praise

“Filled with mouth-watering recipes that Trevor has gathered from meals shared with family and the many restaurants he’s cooked at. Fresh, inspiring and beautiful, this is the consummate immigrant story.”

—Tracy Moore, entrepreneur and host of Cityline

“This colourful story of Trevor’s journey of food is the essence of everyday life around the table. I speak from experience, having shared soulful meals at his table each time I have visited Toronto. Our experiences together prove the language of food is truly international.”

—Albert Adria, chef-owner, el barri Group of Restaurants

“Growing up, eating in Toronto’s Chinatown blew my mind again and again. Now Trevor brings back that culinary joy, only this time he’s rejuvenated those recipes with an arsenal of ingredients and techniques that makes me feel like a kid all over again.”

—Amanda Cohen, chef and owner, Dirty Candy

“Trevor has been at the forefront of Toronto’s new wave of authentic, far out, far east street food. A talented chef and communicator, he has created a cookbook that’s like Instagram come to life. From Taiwanese fried chicken to Kung-Pao style cauliflower wings, all cravings will be sated.”

—Amy Rosen, cookbook author and owner of Rosen’s Cinnamon Buns

“This book is a whole lot of fun and full of easy weeknight flavour bombs such as sesame ginger chicken, Chinese meatloaf and carbonara ramen. There are some cool drinks that add to the playfulness of the book.”

—Cassandra Adderton, BC Living Magazine

BOOK DETAILS

  • Hardcover
  • 8.25 × 9.75 inches
  • 212 pages
  • 978-1-77327-136-1
  • $37.99 CAD / $32.99 USD
  • January 2021