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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles : Adventures in the World of Chinese Food



A potentially interesting book called The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee.

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There are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken combined.

In The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, author Jennifer 8. Lee takes readers on a remarkable journey that is both foreign and familiar: penetrating this subculture by traveling the world (and almost every American state) in her quest to understand Chinese food and the people who make it.

Her journey took her to the hometown of General Tso (a military hero immortalized as much for crunchy chicken as his conquests), the surprising origins of the fortune cookie (it’s not China), and to six continents in search for the world’s greatest Chinese restaurant.

The book also sparks debates as to who really invented chop suey and why Jews love Chinese food, or as she puts it: Why is chow mein the chosen food of the chosen people?

For more information, check out www.fortunecookiechronicles.com

Buy it at Amazon : The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

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