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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Last Chinese Chefby Nicole Mones
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The Last Chinese Chef is the transporting story of how the sensual, romantic elements of haute Chinese cuisine become the perfect ingredients to lift the troubled soul of a grieving American woman. For food writer Maggie McElroy, it's been a year of trying to get her equilibrium back in the wake of her husband's premature death. Now comes a shock: a paternity claim has been filed against her husband's estate. Could he, while working in his firm's Beijing office, have fathered a child?
As Maggie plans a difficult trip to China to investigate the claim, she is offered a chance to profile chef and rising star Sam Liang. What begins as a hoped-for distraction while in Beijing, however, turns into a life-changing event. As Maggie watches three generations of Liangs prepare sumptuous feasts together, she is moved by the Chinese belief that food must always be eaten in a circle of family and friends. As she reads Sam's grandfather's account of life as a cook in the Emperor's kitchen, Maggie discovers the centrality of food in Chinese history. And as Sam cooks a chicken as soft as velvet—spiced along centuries'-old notions of what heals the heart — Maggie begins to fall in love. In the end, Maggie does unravel the truth about her husband. But most profoundly, The Last Chinese Chef is the exhilarating story of a woman coming home to herself in the most unexpected of places. Review:"It doesn't seem quite fair for a writer to be as skilled at genre hopping as Nicole Mones....The Last Chinese Chef is a love story at many levels: love of tradition, love between family members." Seattle Times
Review:"[Mones's] third novel...brims with vividly rendered meals and stories about the cooks who have created them for centuries." Charlotte Observer
Review:"Mones' achievement appeals not just to devotees of fiction but equally to anyone interested in Chinese cooking." Booklist
Review:"Meticulously researched gastronomy will entice foodies, even those whose familiarity with Chinese food is limited to takeout. Warning: Avoid reading while hungry." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis:This exhilarating story is the transporting tale of how the sensual, romantic elements of haute Chinese cuisine become the perfect ingredients to lift the troubled soul of a grieving American woman. About the AuthorNicole Mones is the author of the New York Times Notable Book Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light. She started a textile business in China at the end of the Cultural Revolution and ran it for eighteen years, and she brings to her fiction writing an in-depth understanding of China and its culture. Mones is a frequent contributor to Gourmet magazine, which ran an excerpt of The Last Chinese Chef — marking the first time Gourmet has ever published fiction in its pages. She lives in Portland, Oregon. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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