The fortune cookie chronicles : adventures in the world of Chinese food /

"A woman's search for the world's greatest Chinese restaurant proves that egg rolls are as American as apple pie"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee, Jennifer 8., 1976-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Twelve, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Chinese restaurants > United States. Food in popular culture > United States. Food in popular culture > China. Cooking, Chinese. Food habits > United States. Chinese Americans > Social life and customs. Gastronomy. Chinese cooking. Restaurants chinois > États-Unis. Aliments dans la culture populaire > États-Unis. Aliments dans la culture populaire > Chine. Cuisine chinoise. Habitudes alimentaires > États-Unis. Américains d'origine chinoise > Mœurs et coutumes. Gastronomie. gastronomy. Chinese restaurants. Food habits. Food in popular culture. China. United States. Cookbook cookbooks. Cookbooks. Livres de cuisine.
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Table of Contents:

March 30, 2005
American-born Chinese
The menu wars
A cookie wrapped in mystery inside an enigma
The biggest culinary joke played by one culture on another
The long march of General Tso
The bean sprout people are in the same boat we are
Why chow mein is the chosen food of the chosen people, or, The kosher duck scandal of 1989
The Golden Venture: restaurant workers to go
Take-out takeaways
The oldest surviving fortune cookies in the world?
The mystery of the missing Chinese deliveryman
The soy sauce trade dispute
Waizhou, U.S.A.
The greatest Chinese restaurant in the world
American stir-fry
Tsujiura Senbei
Open-source Chinese restaurants
So what did Confucius really say?