Archive for May, 2008
Fortune cookie fungus
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Was browsing the Internet doing a search for fortune cookie by Super K (Kari-out) and stumbled upon this blog post on Thoughts from Miller Manor about fungus that looks like fortune cookies.
Yummy?
fortune cookies, fungus, quirky
In Denver’s SPJ’s adorable invite
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Am in Denver to speak the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist (a four star chapter at that). I just saw the invite for the talk and dinner. It’s adorable.
Appearances, denver, spj
Fortune Cookie Chronicles on Local Library Signs
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Did some library events earlier this week, and I love seeing the signs they put up with the name of the book in that piecemeal lettering. I love local libraries. That is how I grew up learning to read.
The signs remind me of traveling through Iowa and Ohio and places like that. (though these were […]
Google knows that Jews love Chinese food?
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
This is very odd. I looked up “Fortune Cookie Chronicles” on Google and was pleased that I was advanced enough to get my own little subcategories. It listed my most popular pages: Lee, Photos, About, Chinese food and then…a category called “Jews Love Chinese Food.”
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That startled me, because as you see from the blog, […]
Proquest, the American Library Association, and Fortune Cookies
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I might be going to speak at an American Library Association conference in Denver next January (yes, Denver in January) on my use of the historical newspaper archives offered by ProQuest. I love ProQuest and even thank them in my acknowledgments. Basically their historical archives were perfect for something like my book — […]
Phoenix. Why is Chow Mein the Chosen Food of the Chosen People
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I thought this invite, sent out for my Phoenix event this Sunday, was adorable.
Appearances, invitation, Jews, Jews and Chinese food, phoenix
A Chinese Restaurant in Venice (with a boat docked out front)
Sunday, May 4th, 2008My friend Kathleen took a photo of this Chinese restaurant in Venice for me (love the boat out front).
Chinese restaurants, Italy, photo, venice
My Asia Society Conversation Now Partially in Podcast Form
Friday, May 2nd, 2008I’m in a recent Podcast episode from my conversation at the Asia Society.
4/22/08: India Goes Hungry; Secrets of Chinese Takeout
The world food crisis and Asia, with analysis by Asia Society Fellow Mira Kamdar… Food author Jennifer 8. Lee solves a Chinese takeout mystery… and upcoming Asia Society programs in Mumbai and Hong Kong.
To the […]
YouTube Celebrates Asian American-ness (and you can win an iPod Nano)
Friday, May 2nd, 2008YouTube and The Asia Society collaborated for a video series on Asian Americanness for Asian American Heritage Month. And I got to be included in it (very flattering). It’s a pretty fneat group — including a senator, Hollywood actors and a Silicon Valley start-up folk. The main video is a montage of interviews from a […]
Boldtype: “The book balances history and cooking lessons with Lee’s humorous mythbusting expeditions”
Thursday, May 1st, 2008I’m recommended on Boldtype’s list this month (first book!). As their site explains, “Boldtype is a monthly book review focusing on smart, readable works of fiction and nonfiction, from current titles to past gems.”
Available everywhere from shacks that sell it alongside hamburgers to highly rated Zagat favorites, Chinese food is one of the most […]
Philadelphia City Paper: “after you’ve digested all of that cultural insight and fascinating trivia, you’ll still want more.”
Thursday, May 1st, 2008I’m just trolling and catching up with random reviews that I never got around to adding. Here is one from the Philadelphia City Paper.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
By Jennifer 8. Lee
Twelve, 320 pp., $24.99
“This book began as a quest to understand Chinese food,” New York Times reporter Jennifer […]
On hold, checked out, due. Fortune Cookies Chronicles in Libraries
Thursday, May 1st, 2008In searching the NYPL LEO (and their research catalogue is CATNYP, adorable no?) I discovered there were 166 holds on 19 copies of the Fortune Cookie Chronicles at the NYPL as of May 1 (none seem to be in stock, oddly, they are all on order…didn’t this book come out two months ago?).
This made me […]
Beyond Chinese Cuisine @ The Asia Society on May 6
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Another event at the Asia Society next Tuesday, May 6. (James Oseland, Editor in Chief, Saveur Magazine, is really a very skilled moderator)
From Silk Road to Steppe: Exploring Cuisines Beyond the Great Wall
In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, […]