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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Chen, Yong, 1960- author.     Subjects     Cooking, Chinese.     Chinese -- United States -- Social life and customs.     Food habits -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chen, Yong, 1960- author.       by title:      Chop suey, USA : the...         MARC Display

Chop suey, USA : the story of Chinese food in America / Yong Chen. by Chen, Yong, 1960- author. New York : Columbia University Press, c2014. Subjects Cooking, Chinese.   Chinese -- United States -- Social life and customs.   Food habits -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9780231168922 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231168926 (cloth : alk. paper) Series:  Arts and traditions of the table. Description:  xvii, 292 pages, 12 un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Preface: The Genesis of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chop Suey, the Big Mac of the Pre-McDonald's Era -- 1. Why Is Chinese Food So Popular? -- 2. The Empire and Empire Food -- 3. Chinese Cooks as Stewards of Empire -- 4. The Cradle of Chinese Food -- 5. The Rise of Chinese Restaurants -- 6. The Makers of American Chinese Food -- 7. "Chinese-American Cuisine" and the Authenticity of Chop Suey -- 8. The Chinese Brillat-Savarin -- Conclusion: The Home of No Return -- Afterword: Why Study Food? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 641.5951 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 641.5951 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList Wahiawa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 641.5951 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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