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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

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By Jennifer B. Lee

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On Sale
Mar 3, 2008
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Twelve
ISBN-13
9780446511704

Price

$9.99

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$12.99 CAD

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  1. ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
  2. Trade Paperback $21.99 $28.99 CAD

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A culinary, social, and cultural history of Chinese restaurants in the United States—“Entertaining … A winner” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

“Wok on . . . Fascinating . . . Intriguing . . . Fun to read.” —New York TimesBook Review

One woman. One consuming obsession. Forty thousand restaurants.

Jennifer 8. Lee’s chief mission was to solve the mystery of how dozens of people across American had won a lottery after receiving lucky numbers in their fortune cookies. But her journey, which took her into the world of Chinese restaurants, provoked even greater investigations. Traveling across the globe and to almost every American state, Lee interviewed legendary restaurateurs, searched for the connection between General Tso and the chicken dish bearing his name, delved into the origins of chop suey as well as the fortune cookie, and uncovered what can only be described as  The Great Kosher Duck Scandal, a window into the relationship between Jews and Chinese food. For anyone who has ever found wisdom in a fortune cookie, her book offers a delicious feast of surprises and wonder.

“Fascinating. . . . Tasty cultural history. . . . Revelations come fast and frequent. . . . Combines the muckraking of Fast Food Nation with the globe-trotting reach of No Reservations.” —Boston Globe

“Funny . . . engaging. . . . [Lee] is a bright cookie. . . . The Fortune Cookie Chronicles is a deeply enjoyable meal, for anyone who likes talking or thinking about food.”—Los Angeles Times

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Jennifer B. Lee

About the Author

Jennifer 8 Lee, the daughter of Chinese immigrants and a fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese herself, grew up eating her mother’s authentic Chinese food in her family’s New York City kitchen before graduating from Harvard in 1999 with a degree in Applied Mathematics and economics and studying at Beijing University. At the age of 24, she was hired by the New York Times, where she is a metro repoter and has written a variety of stories on culture, poverty, and technology.

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