Chinese Food

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.

Chinese was the first truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese labourers began to sojourn and settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved food cultures and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking has ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of the richness or sophistication of China's local food traditions - but today that is beginning to change.

Do you know the stories behind delectable dishes—like the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza? Or how dumplings cured a village’s frostbitten ears? Or how wonton soup tells about the creation of the world? Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales—based in real history and folklore—are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. This book will bring you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water.

本有声书从日常生活健康饮食的角度出发，目的在于帮助人们正确地搭配和选择饮食，运用现代营养学、卫生学、医疗学的原理，具体分析生活常见食物的营养价值……本有聲書從日常生活健康飲食的角度出發，目的在於幫助人們正確地搭配和選擇飲食，運用現代營養學、衛生學、醫療學的原理，具體分析生活常見食物的營養價值……

家常菜是什么味道？是呼朋唤友时的觥筹交错，是合家欢聚时的围桌而坐，是洗尽铅华后的平淡随心。在酸甜苦辣的记忆片段里，总有一道菜会让你想起某个人，勾起某段回忆……家常菜是什麼味道？是呼朋喚友時的觥籌交錯，是合家歡聚時的圍桌而坐，是洗盡鉛華後的平淡隨心。在酸甜苦辣的記憶片段裡，總有一道菜會讓你想起某個人，勾起某段回憶……

我们一生要遇到很多人，要吃很多顿饭，我们会因为一道美食，想起一个人，也会因为一个人，想起爱的味道。美食与爱，是我们生活中最温暖的所在。……我們一生要遇到很多人，要吃很多頓飯，我們會因為一道美食，想起一個人，也會因為一個人，想起愛的味道。美食與愛，是我們生活中最溫暖的所在。

这是一个青年对大自然的崇拜和敬意，这是对生命的渴求和激情，这是对纯洁爱情的讴歌，更是对中年岁月的深思……這是一個青年對大自然的崇拜和敬意，這是對生命的渴求和激情，這是對純潔愛情的謳歌，更是對中年歲月的深思……