Chinese Food Finder

[jschyun]

Carl Chu just came out with "Chinese Food Finder - Los Angeles & the San Gabriel Valley: A Guide to Chinese Regional Cuisines" i'm assuming this is an update of "Finding Chinese Food in Los Angeles: A Guide to Regional Chinese Cuisines" (Mar 2003)?

I don't see it on Amazon. Where do we get it? why the changed name?

Sorry, this is sort of a cross post of one I just put in the China forum. I searched for that thread on google, and thought for some reason it was in California.

thx

[Joe Blowe]

Not sure what's going on:

http://www.crossbridgepublishing.com/author.htm

In his upcoming work, Carl will explore Chinese immigration patterns as a way to see how Chinese food has evolved throughout North America. Traveling to various Chinese communities: from Vancouver to Trinidad; New York to Mexicali, the journeys reveal a fascinating kaleidoscope of local Chinese food that embodies the overall Chinese immigrant experience. The dishes not only suggest how the Chinese have adapted to their American identities, they suggest possible ways in which the current spate of regional Chinese cooking could evolve in the future. (Due release: July 2004)

Or who's correct:

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo...ll=la-home-food

The restaurant is listed in the newly published second edition of Chu's book, titled "Chinese Food Finder," and he hopes to do similar books in New York and San Francisco.

[jschyun]

well, i did just see this Chinese food finder for sale

I don't understand why the big names don't have it.

[JayTee]

it does appear to be on Amazon, actually.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=books&n=507846

although I have a *little* issue with his claim in the first book in the book description (I am geographically biased, after all):

Amazingly, the large influx of Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles provides a spectacular - and unlikely - venue for the best Chinese food in North America. Everything from Beijing Duck to the cooking of Zhejiang province can be found in America's most culturally dynamic city.

what, no love for the San Francisco Bay Area?

[russ parsons]

if you're in la, you can find the book at cook's library. it just came out maybe two weeks ago. it's independently published, so it usually takes the chains a while to catch on that it is salable.

carl is working on another book on chinese immigration patterns and it does sound quite interesting. it also goes to his point that southern california has a greater wealth of chinese restaurants than anyplace else--the reason being that san francisco and new york were settled during the first wave of chinese immigration, which was almost entirely cantonese. southern california's is much more recent and much more regionally varied.

[jschyun]

Yeah, it's on Amazon now. It wasn't before. I guess I was a little impatient.

Thanks for the info Russ!