finally found a copy of the THOUSAND RECIPE CHINESE COOKBOOK by Gloria Bley Miller at Value Village last night. Recipes seem very clear and do-able...

"Pork and Seaweed Soup, Squab Soup and Ginseng Root, Abalone Soup, Ten Precious Soup, Cold Sherry Chicken, Pickled Mustard Cabbage, Basic Stir-Fried Pork, Stir-Fried Pork with Spinach and Carrots, Deep-Fried Roast Pork Squares with Crabmeat, Stir-Fried Curried Beef, Stir-Fried Beef and Rice-Flour Noodles, Braised Duck with Mushrooms, Red-Cooked Shanghai Duck, White-Simmered Roast Duck with Tangerine Peel, Stir-Fried Chicken and Bamboo Shoots, Stir-Fried Chicken with Pineapple and Lichee Fruit, Braised Ginger Chicken, Chicken Velvet, Drunken Chicken, Deep-Fried Fish Squares Szechwan Style, Simmered Crabs with Pork, Stir-Fried Scallops and Onion, Pan-Fried Bacon-Wrapped Butterfly Shrimp, Egg Foo Yung, Ham Egg Foo Yung, Pork Filling for Omelets, Steamed Eggplant, Stir-Fried Snow Peas and Mushrooms, Food of the Forest, Stir-Fried Peastarch Noodles with Shrimp and Pork, Rice-Noodle Nests with Poached Eggs, Fried Rice, Egg Roll Skins, Won Ton Skins, Sherry-Honey Marinade for Barbecued Pork, Stock-Soy Marinade for Barbecued Spareribs, Peking Meat Sauce for Noodles, Sugared Walnuts, Spiced Roasted Peanuts, Sweet Pineapple Tea, Bird's Nest Soup, Winter Melon Pond, etc."