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What was the Kosher duck scandal? Did General Tso have anything to do with the chicken dish that bears his name? Enjoy fortune cookies and tea as you learn the answers from New York Times reporter Jennifer Lee, whose new book includes an entire chapter about the relationship between the Jews and Chinese food.

When: Thursday, November 13, 7 pm

Where: Arthur M. Glick JCC, 6701 Hoover Road, Indianapolis, IN 46260

From the NYT review of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles:

Chinese restaurants are more American than apple pie, says Jennifer 8. Lee in “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food.” There are twice as many of these restaurants as there are McDonald’s franchises, and the food they serve is every bit as predictable. “What Chinese restaurant menu doesn’t offer beef with broccoli, sesame chicken, roast pork lo mein, fried wontons, egg rolls and egg drop soup?” asks the author, an “American-born Chinese” who cheerfully admits to an obsession with Chinese restaurants. [read the rest of the review]

Why does Provocate think you should attend this event?
What a great set of stories of cross-cultural cross-pollination! Go.

If you think this sounds interesting, be sure to check out …
Eat your way through the Chinese Cultural Festival September 13. Think your way through food with Alice Waters on December 2. Spirit & Place is sure to have several food-oriented sessions November 1-16.

Know before you go:
You can read the first chapter of the Fortune Cookie Chronicles.

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