Yan Can Cook

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Yan Can Cook was a Chinese cooking show starring Martin Yan that showed recipes for stir frying and other traditional Chinese dishes. Its famous catch phrase was "If Yan can cook, so can you!"

Martin's programs are shown widely on public television in the United States and on Food TV in Canada. He has also written several cookbooks, most of which are companions to his various series.

Martin's style of presentation is infused with a little bit of humor. Born in Guangzhou, China, to a restaurateur father, Martin has been cooking since his youth. He also owns a small chain of Yan Can Restaurants in California, USA (Details at his website-see links below).

Some accuse Yan's TV presentation, which combines his thick Cantonese accent with clownish behavior, of perpetuating an Asian stereotype for entertainment value.^{[citation needed]} Yan maintains that his accent is not fake and that any excessive intonation is because of his enthusiasm: "For many people the accent will stay, even those that speak English perfectly, and uses proper grammar and words." Yan started studying English at 16.