Have you eaten yet? : stories from Chinese restaurants around the world / Cheuk Kwan.

"An eye-opening and soul-nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world. 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,...

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Main Author: Kwan, Cheuk (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
Edition:First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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Physical Description:xi, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world
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505 0 0 |g Introduction --  |t Noisy Jim --  |t Port of refuge --  |t Feelin' de vibe --  |t No money, no island --  |t A very ferocious people --  |t Love in the time of apartheid --  |t Soupe Chinoise --  |t The man who walked from China --  |t Like a John Woo movie --  |t Fantasia Chinesca --  |t The great escape --  |t Into the heart of the Amazon --  |t A passage to India --  |t Tea in the Himalayas --  |t Last tango in Argentina --  |t Have you eaten yet? --  |g Epilogue. 
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