The Last Chinese Chef: A Novel

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The bestselling author of Lost in Translation &“unlocks the deepest mysteries of legendary Chinese culinary arts to produce a feast for the human heart&” (David Henry Hwang, author of M. Butterfly). This alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the bestselling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food. As in her previous novels, Mones&’s captivating story also brings into focus a changing China—this time the hidden world of high culinary culture. When Maggie McElroy, a widowed American food writer, learns of a Chinese paternity claim against her late husband&’s estate, she has to go immediately to Beijing. She asks her magazine for time off, but her editor counters with an assignment: to profile the rising culinary star Sam Liang. In China, Maggie unties the knots of her husband&’s past, finding out more than she expected about him and about herself. With Sam as her guide, she is also drawn deep into a world of food rooted in centuries of history and philosophy. To her surprise she begins to be transformed by the cuisine, by Sam&’s family—a querulous but loving pack of cooks and diners—and most of all by Sam himself. The Last Chinese Chef is the exhilarating story of a woman regaining her soul in the most unexpected of places and &“a stunning picture of a country caught between tradition and modern life&” (Entertainment Weekly). World Gourmand Award Winner &“I don&’t think there&’s ever been anything quite like this. It&’s a love story, it&’s a mystery, and it&’s also the most thorough explanation of Chinese food that I&’ve ever read in the English language.&”—Ruth Reichl
Copyright:
2007

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285 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780547347035
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9780547053738
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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English
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Literature and Fiction
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