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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
by Lee, Jennifer B. | PB | Good
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- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 9780446698979
- Book Title
- Fortune Cookie Chronicles : Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- 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
- 5.2 in
- 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.
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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
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
8 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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.
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-419056
Dewey Decimal
641.5951
Dewey Edition
22
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