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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

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Condition: Acceptable: A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. ... Acceptable: A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Release Year: 2009

ISBN: 9780446698979

Book Title: Fortune Cookie Chronicles : Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

Item Length: 8in

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Publication Year: 2009

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.8in

Author: Jennifer B. Lee

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Cooking, Social Science

Topic: Regional & Ethnic / Chinese, Sociology / General, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Personal Memoirs, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Essays & Narratives

Item Width: 5.2in

Item Weight: 9.1 Oz

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

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If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

ISBN-10

0446698970

ISBN-13

9780446698979

eBay Product ID (ePID)

66128954

Product Key Features

Book Title

Fortune Cookie Chronicles : Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

Author

Jennifer B. Lee

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Topic

Regional & Ethnic / Chinese, Sociology / General, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Personal Memoirs, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Essays & Narratives

Publication Year

2009

Genre

Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Cooking, Social Science

Number of Pages

320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

8in

Item Height

0.8in

Item Width

5.2in

Item Weight

9.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

Tx945.4.L44 2009

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Lee travels wide and digs deep to unearth the answers toseveral burning questions... From all-you-can-eat buffets in Kansasto thesmall southern ChinesevillageofJietoupu, where shetracks down descendants of General Tso (who, natch, have never heard of, seenor tasted their forefather's infamous chicken dish), the author takes readersby the hand and brings them on her adventure., Lee travels wide and digs deep to unearth the answers toseveral burning questions... From all-you-can-eat buffets in Kansasto thesmall southern ChinesevillageofJietoupu, where shetracks down descendants of General Tso (who, natch, have never heard of, seenor tasted their forefather's infamous chicken dish), the author takes readersby the hand and brings them on her adventure. -- Christine Y. Chen , The Washington Post, Lee travels wide and digs deep to unearth the answers toseveral burning questions... From all-you-can-eat buffets inKansasto thesmall southern ChinesevillageofJietoupu, where shetracks down descendants of General Tso (who, natch, have never heard of, seenor tasted their forefather's infamous chicken dish), the author takes readersby the hand and brings them on her adventure., Readers will take an unexpected and entertaining journey-through culinary, social and cultural history-in this delightful first book on the origins of the customary after-Chinese-dinner treat by New York Times reporter Lee. ... Lee also pries open factoids and tidbits of American culture that eventually touch on large social and cultural subjects such as identity, immigration and nutrition. Copious research backs her many lively anecdotes, and being American-born Chinese yet willing to scrutinize herself as much as her objectives, she wins the reader over. Like the numbers on those lottery fortunes, the book's a winner., Lee travels wide and digs deep to unearth the answers toseveral burning questions... From all-you-can-eat buffets in Kansas to thesmall southern Chinese village of Jietoupu , where shetracks down descendants of General Tso (who, natch, have never heard of, seenor tasted their forefather's infamous chicken dish), the author takes readersby the hand and brings them on her adventure., Jennifer 8. Lee has cracked the world of Chinese restaurants like a fortune cookie. Her book is an addictive dim-sum of fact, fun, quirkiness and pathos. It's Anthony Bourdain meets Calvin Trillin. Lee is the kind of reporter I can only dream of being : committed, compassionate, resourceful, and savvy. I devoured this book in two nights (in bed), and suggest you do the same., [Lee] embeds her subject's history in an entertaining personal narrative, eschewing cookie-cutter interviews and dry lists of facts and figures . . . she has a breezy, likable literary demeanor that makes the first-person material engaging. Thanks to Lee's journalistic chops, the text moves along energetically even in its more expository sections . . . Tasty morsels delivered quickly and reliably., Those of us who eat Chinese food are lucky to have Jennifer Lee as a guide to the modern global migrations and individual ingenuity that have made it the world's favorite cuisine., Jennifer 8. Lee has cracked the world of Chinese restaurants like a fortune cookie. Her book is an addictive dim-sum of fact, fun, quirkiness and pathos. It's Anthony Bourdain meets Calvin Trillin. Lee is the kind of reporter I can only dream of being: committed, compassionate, resourceful, and savvy. I devoured this book in two nights (in bed), and suggest you do the same.

2009

Lccn

2009-419056

Dewey Decimal

641.5951

Intended Audience

Trade

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