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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles (English)Adventures in the World of Chinese Food - ISBN: 9780446580076As low as $21.36 from Barnes & Noble.com Publisher: Twelve Format: Hardcover Published Date: March 2008 MSRP: $24.99 Synopsis: In a country where Chinese restaurants outnumber the leading fast food chains combined, this well-researched, fascinating look into Chinese American restaurant culture explores the true origins of fortune cookies, soy bean-less American soy sauce, who General Tsao actually w... read more In a country where Chinese restaurants outnumber the leading fast food chains combined, this well-researched, fascinating look into Chinese American restaurant culture explores the true origins of fortune cookies, soy bean-less American soy sauce, who General Tsao actually was, and how Chinese food was transformed for the American palate. Journalist Jennifer 8. Lee delves into notions of culture and nationality, traveling across the world to create this most unusual history of the ubiquitous, rarely discussed American tradition of Chinese take-out. minimize
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