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Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey

✍️ Mendelson, Anne
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🏛 Columbia University Press 📅 2016 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780231158602
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📝 Description: Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey

A food history that illuminates a community's struggle for survival.

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Anne Mendelson delivers a meticulous and deeply researched exploration of Chinese American food history, focusing heavily on the socio-political struggles of survival and integration. It will not suit readers looking for quick weeknight inspiration, light food writing, or photographic recipe books. However, for those patient enough to navigate its thorough historical documentation, it offers a fascinating and sobering look at how culinary traditions adapt under pressure.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

Anne Mendelson delivers a meticulous and deeply researched exploration of Chinese American food history, focusing heavily on the socio-political struggles of survival and integration. It will not suit readers looking for quick weeknight inspiration, light food writing, or photographic recipe books. However, for those patient enough to navigate its thorough historical documentation, it offers a fascinating and sobering look at how culinary traditions adapt under pressure.

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