Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States

Title

Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States

Subject

Cookery, Chinese. Food habits -- United States -- History.

Description

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States -- by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time

Creator

Coe, Andrew

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Date

2009

Type

TX724.5 .C5 C64

Identifier

2003.500.3746

Collection