The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
Description
Part culinary investigation, part cultural adventure, this book explores how Chinese food became one of America’s most beloved—and most misunderstood—cuisines. Following a quest to find the world’s greatest Chinese restaurant, it travels through immigrant communities, family kitchens, fortune-cookie factories, and the hidden history behind familiar dishes. Along the way, it reveals how adaptation, entrepreneurship, and cultural exchange shaped the American dining landscape. Witty, curious, and richly reported, the narrative offers a fresh look at identity, globalization, and the surprisingly American story of Chinese food.
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hardcover
Twelve
Published Mar 3, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 9780446580076
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First Published
2008
Language
eng
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