Chop Suey.

Chop Suey

Andrew Coe

Oxford University Press

198 Madison Ave., New York NY 10016-4314

9780195331073, $24.95 www.oup.com

Popular books about Chinese culinary history are in general libraries but any college-level collection strong in culinary history courses will find even more satisfying CHOP SUEY: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF CHINESE FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES. The focus is on how Chinese food came to be seen as part of American culture--a focus that differentiates CHOP SUEY form say Jennifer Lee's more popular approach in FORTUNE COOKIE CHRONICLES. Western history and psychology are far more prominently examined here for the college-level audience that will welcome it.

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