Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America
(Part of the Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History Series)
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American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popular ethnic cuisine. Chop Suey, USA offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise of Chinese food, revealing the forces that made it ubiquitous in the American gastronomic landscape and turned the country into an empire of consumption. Engineered...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231168926
ISBN13:9780231168922
Release Date:November 2014
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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