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Chop suey, USA : the story of Chinese food in America / Yong Chen.
LIBRA TX724.5.C5 C54417 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chen, Yong, 1960-
- Series:
- Arts and traditions of the table
- Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, Chinese.
- Chinese--United States--Social life and customs.
- Chinese.
- Food habits--United States--History.
- Food habits.
- Manners and customs.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 292 pages, 12 un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2014]
- Contents:
- 1 Why Is Chinese Food So Popular? 8
- 2 The Empire and Empire Food 21
- 3 Chinese Cooks as Stewards of Empire 44
- 4 The Cradle of Chinese Food 71
- 5 The Rise of Chinese Restaurants 92
- 6 The Makers of American Chinese Food 102
- 7 "Chinese-American Cuisine" and the Authenticity of Chop Suey 126
- 8 The Chinese Brillat-Savarin 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231168926
- 9780231168922
- OCLC:
- 884500159
- Publisher Number:
- 99960569843
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