Chow Chop Suey : Food and the Chinese American Journey.
Mendelson, Anne.
Chow Chop Suey : Food and the Chinese American Journey. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History Series . - Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History Series .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Romanization and Terminology -- Introduction -- Prologue: A Stroke of the Pen -- Part I -- 1. Origins: The Toisan-California Pipeline -- 2. The Culinary "Language" Barrier -- 3. "Celestials" on Gold Mountain -- 4. The Road to Chinatown -- Part II -- 5. The Birth of Chinese American Cuisine -- 6. Change, Interchange, and the First Successful "Translators" -- 7. White America Rediscovers Chinese Cuisine -- 8. An Advancement of Learning -- 9. The First Age of Race-Blind Immigration -- Postscript: What Might Have Been -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
A food history that illuminates a community's struggle for survival.
9780231541299
Cooking, Chinese-History.
Chinese Americans-Food-History.
Food habits-United States.
Emigration and immigration-United States-History.
Chinese American families-History.
Electronic books.
TX724.5.C5 M376 2016
641.5951
Chow Chop Suey : Food and the Chinese American Journey. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History Series . - Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History Series .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Romanization and Terminology -- Introduction -- Prologue: A Stroke of the Pen -- Part I -- 1. Origins: The Toisan-California Pipeline -- 2. The Culinary "Language" Barrier -- 3. "Celestials" on Gold Mountain -- 4. The Road to Chinatown -- Part II -- 5. The Birth of Chinese American Cuisine -- 6. Change, Interchange, and the First Successful "Translators" -- 7. White America Rediscovers Chinese Cuisine -- 8. An Advancement of Learning -- 9. The First Age of Race-Blind Immigration -- Postscript: What Might Have Been -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
A food history that illuminates a community's struggle for survival.
9780231541299
Cooking, Chinese-History.
Chinese Americans-Food-History.
Food habits-United States.
Emigration and immigration-United States-History.
Chinese American families-History.
Electronic books.
TX724.5.C5 M376 2016
641.5951