Ebook: Chop suey, USA: the story of Chinese food in America
Author: Chen Yong
- Tags: Chinese--Social life and customs, Chinese--United States--Social life and customs, Cooking Chinese, COOKING--General, Food habits, Food habits--United States--History, HISTORY--United States--20th Century, Electronic book, History, Electronic books, Chinese -- United States -- Social life and customs, Food habits -- United States -- History, COOKING -- General, HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century, Chinese -- Social life and customs, United States
- Series: Arts and traditions of the table
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: United States
- Language: English
- epub
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.;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?
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