Kwan Cheuk
Kwan Cheuk - Have You Eaten Yet Stories From Chinese Restaurants Around The World - Paperback
Kwan Cheuk - Have You Eaten Yet Stories From Chinese Restaurants Around The World - Paperback
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Description: An eye - opening and soul - nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world. * A People Magazine BEST NEW BOOK* * A NEW YORK Times BOOK Review Editor's Choice* * A NEW YORK POST BEST NEW BOOK* From Cape Town South Africa to small - town Saskatchewan family - run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration community and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far - flung settlers bringers of dim sum Peking duck and creative culinary hybrids Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. They are an insight into time history and place. Author and film - maker Cheuk Kwan a self - described card - carrying member of the Chinese diaspora weaves a global narrative by linking the myriad personal stories of chefs entrepreneurs labourers and dreamers who populate Chinese kitchens worldwide. Behind these kitchen doors lies an intriguing paradox which characterizes many of these communities: how Chinese immigrants have resisted or have often been prevented from complete assimilation into the social fabric of their new homes. In both instances the engine of their economic survival the Chinese restaurant and its food has become seamlessly woven into towns and cities all around the world. An intrepid travelogue of grand vistas adventure and serendipity Have You Eaten Yet? charts a living atlas of global migration ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better story.
Title: Have You Eaten Yet Stories From Chinese Restaurants Around The World
Author(s): Kwan Cheuk
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Barcode: 9781639365784
Pages: 272 Pages, 16 Pages Of Color Photographs
Publication Date: 6/13/2023
Category: National & Regional Cuisine
Description: An eye - opening and soul - nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world. * A People Magazine BEST NEW BOOK* * A NEW YORK Times BOOK Review Editor's Choice* * A NEW YORK POST BEST NEW BOOK* From Cape Town South Africa to small - town Saskatchewan family - run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration community and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far - flung settlers bringers of dim sum Peking duck and creative culinary hybrids Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. They are an insight into time history and place. Author and film - maker Cheuk Kwan a self - described card - carrying member of the Chinese diaspora weaves a global narrative by linking the myriad personal stories of chefs entrepreneurs labourers and dreamers who populate Chinese kitchens worldwide. Behind these kitchen doors lies an intriguing paradox which characterizes many of these communities: how Chinese immigrants have resisted or have often been prevented from complete assimilation into the social fabric of their new homes. In both instances the engine of their economic survival the Chinese restaurant and its food has become seamlessly woven into towns and cities all around the world. An intrepid travelogue of grand vistas adventure and serendipity Have You Eaten Yet? charts a living atlas of global migration ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better story.
Title: Have You Eaten Yet Stories From Chinese Restaurants Around The World
Author(s): Kwan Cheuk
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Barcode: 9781639365784
Pages: 272 Pages, 16 Pages Of Color Photographs
Publication Date: 6/13/2023
Category: National & Regional Cuisine
