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