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A number of books about Chinese food and Chinese cooking culture in general have made it to bookstores in the past year or so, including Fuchsia Dunlop’s Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper a Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China and Cecilia Chang’s The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco. Both interesting reads, full of information and selected recipes.
Another favorite has been Jennifer 8 Lee’s The Fortune Cookies Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food. She describes the influx of Chinese people to the States and how they spread across the country opening restaurants. These places typically have a young person who speaks English working the front counter, and elders (with limited English) in the back doing the food prep. Jennifer 8 (like the name?) also tackles topics like the history of General Tso, the connections between Jewish people and Chinese food, take-out boxes and soy sauce packets, and her search for the best Chinese restaurant in the world. (Her top pick, Zen Fine Chinese Cuisine, in Richmond across our northern border, is now temporarily closed.)
A week from today is an opportunity to meet Lee, whose last visit to Seattle drew a huge crowd. In addition to Lee’s stimulating, multi-media presentation, Chef Scott Emerick of Cremant will be preparing Chinese dinner with a French twist. For more information about the 11/24 event ($60, which includes dinner and a copy of the book), check out the website of the sponsor: One Pot.
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