Chop suey : a cultural history of Chinese food in the United States / Andrew Coe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coe, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Chinese.

Food habits--United States--History.

Food habits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States--by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time. It's a tale that moves from curiosity to disgust and then desire. From China, Coe's story travels to the American West, where Chinese immigrants drawn by the 1848 Gold Rush strugg

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; 1 Stags' Pizzles and Birds' Nests; 2 Putrified Garlic on a Much-used Blanket; 3 Coarse Rice and Water; 4 Chinese Gardens on Gold Mountain; 5 A Toothsome Stew; 6 American Chop Suey; 7 Devouring the Duck; Photo Credits; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-975851-4

1-282-12600-8

9786612126000

0-19-971609-9

OCLC:

428688619