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The Last Chinese Chef
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2007
ISBN 10: 0732287138ISBN 13: 9780732287139
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 453 pages. Cover wornAn alluring novel of food, friendship an d love from the best-selling author of LOST IN TRANSLATION and A CUP OF LIGHT. THE LAST CHINESE CHEF will forever change the way y ou look at Chinese cuisine and culinary culture. You may know Chi nese food; you may even love it. But tHE LASt CHINESE CHEF will t ake you into a world of Chinese food you never even knew existed. Here is the hidden universe of one of the world's great cuisines . Its philosophy, its concepts, and its artistic ambitions are al l illuminated in a story that's entertaining, emotionally satisfy ing, and erudite. When widowed American food writer Maggie McElro y is hit by a paternity claim against her husband's estate, she h as to go to China immediately. She asks her magazine for time off . they counter with an assignment: to profile rising culinary sta r Sam Liang. In China Maggie teases apart the knots of her husban d's past, finding out more than she expected about him and about herself. With Sam as her guide, she also journeys deep into a foo d culture rooted in its own principles and traditions. She is tra nsformed - by the cuisine, by Sam's family, a querulous but lovin g pack of passionate cooks and diners, and most of all by Sam him self. tHE LASt CHINESE CHEF is the exhilarating story of a woman regaining her soul in the most unexpected of places.
