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Chop Suey, USA : The Story of Chinese Food in America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (325 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231538169
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chop Suey, USADDC classification:
  • 641.59510973
LOC classification:
  • TX724.5.C5 -- .C446 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface: The Genesis of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chop Suey, the Big Mac of the Pre-McDonald's Era -- 2. The Empire and Empire Food -- 3. Chinese Cooks as Stewards of Empire -- 4. The Cradle of Chinese Food -- 5. The Rise of Chinese Restaurants -- 6. The Makers of American Chinese Food -- 7. "Chinese-American Cuisine" and the Authenticity of Chop Suey -- 8. The Chinese Brillat-Savarin -- Illustrations -- Conclusion: The Home of No Return -- Afterword: Why Study Food? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An epic tale of globalized cultural exchange by means of our first "fast food.".
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface: The Genesis of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chop Suey, the Big Mac of the Pre-McDonald's Era -- 2. The Empire and Empire Food -- 3. Chinese Cooks as Stewards of Empire -- 4. The Cradle of Chinese Food -- 5. The Rise of Chinese Restaurants -- 6. The Makers of American Chinese Food -- 7. "Chinese-American Cuisine" and the Authenticity of Chop Suey -- 8. The Chinese Brillat-Savarin -- Illustrations -- Conclusion: The Home of No Return -- Afterword: Why Study Food? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

An epic tale of globalized cultural exchange by means of our first "fast food.".

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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