“I like to say, Chop sueys the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another, because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means tsap sui, which, if you translate back, means odds and ends.” IfsMeanEndsCultureJokesChineseCulinaryOddsTranslateOdds And Ends Author:Jennifer Lee
“I am obsessed with Chinese restaurants. Like many Americans, I first discovered them in my childhood.” FirstsChildhoodChineseObsessedRestaurants Author:Jennifer Lee
“My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.” BornKnownChineseSiblingMy Siblings Author:Jennifer Lee
“Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.” ActivityCookingConstantChineseNoisyVigilanceMultitaskingEternal VigilanceDowntime Author:Jennifer Lee
“Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans.” LongChineseRestaurantsRitual Author:Jennifer Lee
“We might be shifting away from a Eurocentric view of the United States into something that's much more multicultural, multinational, and Chinese food is just one slice of that.” StatesMightUnitedViewsUnited StatesChineseJust OneShiftingMulticulturalMultinationalsChinese Food Author:Jennifer Lee
