Chop suey nation : the Legion Cafe and other stories from Canada's Chinese restaurants / Ann Hui.

"In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. It was only after the story was published that she discovered her own family could have been included--her parents had run their o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hui, Ann, 1983- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & McIntyre, [2019]
Subjects:
Chinese restaurants > Canada > Anecdotes.
Cooking, Chinese.
Cooking, Canadian.
Food habits > Canada.
Hui, Ann, > 1983- > Travel > Canada.
Hui, Ann, > 1983- > Family.
Restaurants chinois > Canada > Anecdotes.
Cuisine chinoise.
Cuisine canadienne.
Habitudes alimentaires > Canada.
Hui, Ann, > 1983- > Voyages > Canada.
Hui, Ann, > 1983 > Famille.
Travel.
Families.
Chinese restaurants.
Food habits.
Canada.
Anecdotes.
Genre:
Anecdotes.
Physical Description:288 pages, xvi pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Author's note
  • Introduction
  • chapter 1. Victoria, BC. Spring 2016
  • chapter 2. Burnaby, BC. Summer 2016
  • chapter 3. Vulcan, AB. Spring 2016
  • chapter 4. Jingweicun, Guangdong, China. 1924-52
  • chapter 5. Drumheller, AB. Spring 2016
  • chapter 6. Jingweicun, Guangdong, China. 1952-60
  • chapter 7. Stony Plain, AB. Spring 2016
  • chapter 8. Guangzhou, China. 1961-65
  • chapter 9. Boissevain, MB. Spring 2016
  • chapter 10. Guangzhou, China. 1966-74
  • chapter 11. Thunder Bay, ON. spring 2016
  • chapter 12. Hong Kong-Vancouver, BC. 1974
  • chapter 13. Nackawic, NB. Spring 2016
  • chapter 14. Vancouver, BC. 1974-75
  • chapter 15. Moncton, NB. Spring 2016
  • chapter 16. Abbotsford, BC. 1976-77
  • chapter 17. Glace Bay, NS. Spring 2016
  • chapter 18. Abbotsford, BC. 1977
  • chapter 19. Deer Lake, NL. Spring 2016
  • chapter 20. Abbotsford, BC. 1977-84
  • chapter 21. Fogo Island, NL. Spring 2016
  • chapter 22. Burnaby, BC. December 2016
  • chapter 23. Toronto, ON. January 2017
  • chapter 24. Burnaby, BC. March 2017
  • Acknowledgements
  • Selected bibliography
  • Photographs.