02465cam a2200337 i 4500 619191053 TxAuBib 20230329120000.0 221216s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022038930 9781639363346 HRD 27.95 1639363343 HRD 27.95 TxAuBib rda Kwan, Cheuk, author. Have you eaten yet [BOOK] : stories from Chinese restaurants around the world / Cheuk Kwan. First Pegasus Books cloth edition. New York : Pegasus Books, 2023. xi, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier From Cape Town, South Africa, to small-town Saskatchewan, family-run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far-flung settlers, bringers of dim sum, Peking duck and creative culinary hybrids, Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. They are an insight into time, history, and place. Author and film-maker Cheuk Kwan, a self-described “card-carrying member of the Chinese diaspora,” weaves a global narrative by linking the myriad personal stories of chefs, entrepreneurs, labourers and dreamers who populate Chinese kitchens worldwide. Behind these kitchen doors lies an intriguing paradox which characterizes many of these communities: how Chinese immigrants have resisted—or have often been prevented from—complete assimilation into the social fabric of their new homes. In both instances, the engine of their economic survival—the Chinese restaurant and its food—has become seamlessly woven into towns and cities all around the world. An intrepid travelogue of grand vistas, adventure and serendipity, Have You Eaten Yet? charts a living atlas of global migration, ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better story. Provided by publisher. 20230329. Chinese restaurants Social aspects. Chinese restaurants History. Chinese Social life and customs. China Emigration and immigration.