Simply Ming is a television cooking show hosted by chef Ming Tsai

Ming Tsai

Ming Tsai is a Chinese-American fusion cuisine chef, restaurateur, and Emmy Award-winning television personality.Tsai currently hosts Ming's Quest, a cooking show featured on the Fine Living Network, and Simply Ming on American Public Television...

, and is produced by WGBH

WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming...

, Boston and Ming East-West, LLC. Simply Ming is presented by American Public Television

American Public Television

American Public Television is the largest syndicator of programming for public television stations in the United States.-History:...

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Overview

The initial premise of the show consisted of Ming presenting a "master recipe," which he uses in all the dishes prepared during the episode. Occasionally, Ming will go on location to spotlight a particular component used in or related to that episode's recipes. Each episode also features guest chefs whom Ming has invited to the show; these special guests then use the master recipe in a dish of their own.

The most recent season follows the same format, except that the master recipe has given way to what Ming calls a "master pair"; two ingredients, one typically regarded as Western (i.e. black pepper, truffle oil, avocado, cranberries) and one typically regarded as Eastern (i.e. soybeans, sake, ponzu

Ponzu

is a citrus-based sauce commonly used in Japanese cuisine. It is tart, with a thin, watery consistency and a light yellow color. Ponzu shōyu or ponzu jōyu is ponzu sauce with soy sauce added, and the mixed product is widely referred to as simply ponzu.The element pon arrived in the Japanese...

, Thai basil), are used in all the dishes prepared in each episode.