Chop suey, USA

By Yong Chen

Subjects: Cooking, chinese, Chinese, united states, Food habits, Chinese, Social life and customs, United states, social life and customs, History, Chinese Cooking

Description: American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popular ethnic cuisine. Chop Suey, USA offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise of Chinese food, revealing the forces that made it ubiquitous in the American gastronomic landscape and turned the country into an empire of consumption.