Chop Suey

by Andrew Coe and Andrew Coe

Book Overview

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States--by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time.

It's a tale that moves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195331079
• ISBN13: 9780195331073
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"