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Sep 7, 2019 · Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants. Paperback – Illustrated, September 7, 2019. In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them.
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Jan 25, 2019 · In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them.
Feb 2, 2019 · Chop Suey Nation is a work of creative nonfiction about the history of Chinese-Canadian restaurant owners. Journalist Ann Hui seeks to understand why Chinese restaurants across Canada tend to serve the same dishes, including and especially dishes that do not originate in China.
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“Part memoir, part history and part road trip, Ann Hui’s Chop Suey Nation is easy to love. The story weaves through families and countries, exploring culture and cuisine through restaurants across Canada—and in her own home. Guaranteed to charm you and make you hungry.”
Feb 2, 2019 · ‘Why,’ asks journalist Ann Hui, ‘are there Chinese restaurants in small towns across Canada?’ An intriguing journey for answers becomes interspersed with a moving memoir of her father’s life. Now I crave chop suey.” -- Lucy Waverman “Part memoir, part history and part road trip, Ann Hui’s Chop Suey Nation is easy to love. The ...
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Feb 2, 2019 · Hui, who grew up in authenticity-obsessed Vancouver, begins her journey with a somewhat disparaging view of small-town “fake Chinese” food. But by the end, she comes to...
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Sep 8, 2023 · Ann Hui drives across Canada to explore the small-town Chinese restaurants that exist across the nation. In the process, she also documents her own family’s journey from their native China to Vancouver, where they, too, opened a Chinese restaurant.
