Author: Jennifer 8 Lee
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446511706
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
Author: Jennifer 8 Lee
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446511706
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446511706
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.
Fortune Cookie Fortunes
Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307982602
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Crack, crack, crack! The cookies snap open and the family’s fortunes are revealed. Mei Mei wants to know how hers will come true. Jie Jie scoffs—they never come true. But Pacy isn’t so sure. As she waits and watches, she notices magical things happening in her family. Could the fortunes really be right? And what about Pacy’s fortune: “You will see the world in a new way”? Well, yes, it’s true! Pacy has been seeing the world through fortune cookies! This exhuberantly illustrated story about every kid’s favorite part of a Chinese meal also includes a brief history of the fortune cookie. What will your fortune be? Crack! Open up a cookie and find out.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307982602
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Crack, crack, crack! The cookies snap open and the family’s fortunes are revealed. Mei Mei wants to know how hers will come true. Jie Jie scoffs—they never come true. But Pacy isn’t so sure. As she waits and watches, she notices magical things happening in her family. Could the fortunes really be right? And what about Pacy’s fortune: “You will see the world in a new way”? Well, yes, it’s true! Pacy has been seeing the world through fortune cookies! This exhuberantly illustrated story about every kid’s favorite part of a Chinese meal also includes a brief history of the fortune cookie. What will your fortune be? Crack! Open up a cookie and find out.
A Box of Fortune Cookies
Author: Carmen J. Glatt
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982240709
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
It’s the end of summer, and for incoming sixth grader Nathan, his life couldn’t be more pathetic that it already is. For one thing, the name of his new teacher, Mrs. Swindle, sounds ominous enough; then there’s the fact that he would be sitting close to the official school bully while his two closest friends are going to be in the other class. To top it all, we would be consigned to wearing those despicable clothes from the thrift store—again. It is not like Nathan doesn’t understand how most families in their community—including his own—are suffering from the economic downturn. It’s just the harsh realities of his young life are getting into him and he couldn’t do anything about it. Well, it appears to be so, until a strange man gives Nathan a box of fortune cookies one day. When Nathan discovers that the fortune cookies are way more than they seem, her realizes, ironically, that the opposite side of the fence could also be a daunting proposition in life.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982240709
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
It’s the end of summer, and for incoming sixth grader Nathan, his life couldn’t be more pathetic that it already is. For one thing, the name of his new teacher, Mrs. Swindle, sounds ominous enough; then there’s the fact that he would be sitting close to the official school bully while his two closest friends are going to be in the other class. To top it all, we would be consigned to wearing those despicable clothes from the thrift store—again. It is not like Nathan doesn’t understand how most families in their community—including his own—are suffering from the economic downturn. It’s just the harsh realities of his young life are getting into him and he couldn’t do anything about it. Well, it appears to be so, until a strange man gives Nathan a box of fortune cookies one day. When Nathan discovers that the fortune cookies are way more than they seem, her realizes, ironically, that the opposite side of the fence could also be a daunting proposition in life.
The Year of the Fortune Cookie
Author: Andrea Cheng
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544105192
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In this sequel to "The Year of the Book" and "The Year of the Baby, " 11-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage. Illustrations.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544105192
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In this sequel to "The Year of the Book" and "The Year of the Baby, " 11-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage. Illustrations.
The Chinese Fortune Cookie Christmas Story & Ornament Kit
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 9780635013613
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
A Short story of family hope, perseverance, and holiday magic! Kids will make homemade fortune cookies...filled with colorful fortunes. Edible tree ornaments make an excellent New Tradition! (Recipe, cookie pattern, and 'fortunes' included.)
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 9780635013613
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
A Short story of family hope, perseverance, and holiday magic! Kids will make homemade fortune cookies...filled with colorful fortunes. Edible tree ornaments make an excellent New Tradition! (Recipe, cookie pattern, and 'fortunes' included.)
Miss Fortune Cookie
Author: Kurt W Scheibner
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1543782353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
When David Douglas puts his family-owned Chinese restaurant on the auction block, his rebellious younger daughter, Sue, recruits the help of Will, the restaurant manager, to keep her grandmother from being forced from the restaurant and sent to a retirement home. The only way for Sue to conjure up millions of dollars in a few weeks is to set up a bogus on-line company to enter the auction in a bidding war with the giant corporation intent on buying the restaurant’s property. To raise the seed money to join the auction, Sue begins writing fortune cookie messages for her friends. When all of the messages come true, hundreds of fortune seekers descend on the restaurant all wanting to have their fortunes told. Under intense pressure, Sue claims she’s not the fortune teller, just the transcriber. That fabrication doesn’t go well when desperate people conclude that Sue’s grandmother must be the real fortune teller. Sue’s hesitant accomplice, Will, the restaurant manager, is the voice of reason and caution, but he’s no match for Sue’s determination to build a new restaurant and save Grandma. Although Sue’s heart is in the right place, her schemes result in constant chaos and misfortune.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1543782353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
When David Douglas puts his family-owned Chinese restaurant on the auction block, his rebellious younger daughter, Sue, recruits the help of Will, the restaurant manager, to keep her grandmother from being forced from the restaurant and sent to a retirement home. The only way for Sue to conjure up millions of dollars in a few weeks is to set up a bogus on-line company to enter the auction in a bidding war with the giant corporation intent on buying the restaurant’s property. To raise the seed money to join the auction, Sue begins writing fortune cookie messages for her friends. When all of the messages come true, hundreds of fortune seekers descend on the restaurant all wanting to have their fortunes told. Under intense pressure, Sue claims she’s not the fortune teller, just the transcriber. That fabrication doesn’t go well when desperate people conclude that Sue’s grandmother must be the real fortune teller. Sue’s hesitant accomplice, Will, the restaurant manager, is the voice of reason and caution, but he’s no match for Sue’s determination to build a new restaurant and save Grandma. Although Sue’s heart is in the right place, her schemes result in constant chaos and misfortune.
The Fortune Cookies of Weevil
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781598893182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Who is sending all those fortune cookies with sinister messages around the city? Tiger Moth and Kung Pow smell something crummy!
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781598893182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Who is sending all those fortune cookies with sinister messages around the city? Tiger Moth and Kung Pow smell something crummy!
Motivational Writing Lessons
Author: R. E. Myers
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
ISBN: 1593631715
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Includes 38 writing activities.
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
ISBN: 1593631715
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Includes 38 writing activities.
Fortune Cookie Christmas
Author: Jeanne Kern
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509237054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Haley can't face Christmas. Her super-critical family hate her presents and her life. It's her turn to prepare the holiday diner, but her apartment kitchen is too small for anything but toast. Which is the only think she knows how to cook. When her cookie fortune turns out to be an ad--Madam Zelda, Fortune Teller—she makes a desperate decision. Zach is the mastermind behind the ad. He and Zelda show Haley that a fortune cookie can be full of surprises, solutions, and love.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509237054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Haley can't face Christmas. Her super-critical family hate her presents and her life. It's her turn to prepare the holiday diner, but her apartment kitchen is too small for anything but toast. Which is the only think she knows how to cook. When her cookie fortune turns out to be an ad--Madam Zelda, Fortune Teller—she makes a desperate decision. Zach is the mastermind behind the ad. He and Zelda show Haley that a fortune cookie can be full of surprises, solutions, and love.
The Fortune Cookie Christmas
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0935326537
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Read the charming story aloud. Write special fortunes for family and friends. Bake fortune cookies. Make tree ornaments. This book includes the story and historical facts, an easy fortune cookie recipe, and fortune strips.
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0935326537
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Read the charming story aloud. Write special fortunes for family and friends. Bake fortune cookies. Make tree ornaments. This book includes the story and historical facts, an easy fortune cookie recipe, and fortune strips.