The Fortune Cookie Chronicles


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  • Archive for March, 2008

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    Boston.com: Eight things you didn’t know about Chinese food

    Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

    Boston.com, in advance of an online chat I will do today at 4 p.m., put up a nice slideshow called 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Chinese Food. (see my pictures of the chow mein sandwich and the Chinese hot dog!)

    Colbert eats whole apple pies

    Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

    I did an interview on The Colbert Report yesterday, which ran last night (Tuesday). It’s actually a nervewracking experience. Other interviews are more like “So tell me about your book” and you talk and talk and talk (NPR is great for this). But The Colbert Report is a delicate dance where you have to allow […]

    Introducing my appearances Google Maps Mashup, by Jen Bourey, map goddess

    Monday, March 3rd, 2008

    So my friend Jen Bourey created this lovely Google Maps Mashup listing my appearances. Which I think is incredibly cool and other authors would be intrigued by. Basically there is an .xml file on my Web site, which I edit with info like city, date, etc. And WordPress calls that file to make a list, […]

    NYP: moo shu of riveting, Chinese-food-related anecdotes and facts

    Monday, March 3rd, 2008

    The New York Post review is long and quite nice Another punny headline (“Hot and Sour Scoop”). Best lines: “a moo shu of riveting, Chinese-food-related anecdotes and facts” and “Lee condenses a formidable amount of research into a compact, breezy page-turner.” This is the first review that mentions the conversations with my mom.

    Associated Press: “Go buy this wonderful book”

    Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

    The Associated Press has moved a review that ends by telling readers “Go buy this wonderful book” (okay, but only if they want to find the greatest Chinese restaurant in the world). It is a really flattering review and it will be picked up by papers across the country slowly over the next few weeks. […]

    Newsweek! An interview at Tang Pavilion

    Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

    Newsweek has a pretty lengthy feature in their books section this week by Jennie Yabroff (who asked really engaged questions about immigrations and bigger thoughts, where I really had to think, like didn’t have stock answers for). For the interview, we went to Tang Pavilion, near the MoMA in Midtown East, which is known for […]

    Newsday says book smacks like chop suey: rich medley of flavors, odds and ends

    Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

    Newsday’s review is more mixed, generally positive with its main criticism (which is not unfair) being: “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles” offers a rich medley of flavors that would be more delicious had the chef exercised some restraint: A clearer chronology and narrative line would allow each ingredient to sing. As it stands, Lee’s concoction, although […]

    The Chicago Tribune: “An information-packed page-turner”

    Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

    Yay. My first newspaper review. And it’s a nice one. My favorite line is where she calls it “also an information-packed page-turner.” I like this line too ” This kind of contextualizing and deepening of understanding is what the best food writing and literary journalism can do.” Chicago Tribune March 1, 2008 Saturday West eats […]

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