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Police Rescue a Deer on Governors Island

Alex wrote 2 weeks ago: Updated, 3:48 p.m.| The Associated Press reports that the deer swam to Governor’s [sic] Island from … more →

Tags: Local, News, Travel, cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com, Deer, Feat, Governors Island, Hudson River, Impressive

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

joyceandnorm wrote 3 weeks ago: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8 Lee 2008 291 pa … more →

Tags: Books, Fortune Cookies, chinese food

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Eli wrote 2 months ago: I liked this book. Like most “a cultural history of [a noun]” books, it would have benef … more →

Tags: From: library, 2009 books, Genre: Non-fiction, author of color, Library: Boston Public Library, Setting: China, Setting: Japan, Setting: South America, Setting: Asia

Tips For Adulthood: Five Ways To Feel Beautiful

delialloyd wrote 2 months ago: Every Wednesday I offer tips for adulthood. This week’s topic is drawn from a recent spread in … more →

Tags: Aging Ungracefully, Health and Beauty, tips list, Yoga, Wine, gordon brown, realsimple, Beauty, inner beauty

[218] The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food - Jennifer 8. Lee19 comments

Matthew wrote 4 months ago: “Chinese food has become an American comfort food in part because it is so predictable.” … more →

Tags: Books, Non-Fiction, Food, chinese food, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

New York Times social media editor off to a sociable start1 comment

Steve Buttry wrote 6 months ago: First tweets tend to be pretty lame (mine was), often something like “trying to figure out thi … more →

Tags: Social Media, twitter, New York Times, flickr, facebook, LinkedIn, Wall Street Journal, Nicholas Kristof, Patrick Thornton

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@kengeorge wrote 8 months ago: Jennifer 8. Lee One year and change ago, Here & Now’s Emiko Tamagawa broke fortune cookies … more →

Tags: As Heard on 90.9, Food Writing, INTERNATIONAL, Chinese

NPR says the darndest things (about Chinese food)1 comment

laurflem wrote 9 months ago: Speeding home from my internship to class on Wednesday afternoons I almost always seem to come acros … more →

Tags: Food for Thought, npr, The Fortune Cookie Chornicles, here now, Robin Young, general tso;s chicken, American Chinese food, Takeout, authentic

asia society

vchancancook wrote 9 months ago: … more →

Tags: speculation, Asia Society, martin yan, New Asian Cuisine

A massage parlor full of librarians??2 comments

hornytimetraveler wrote 9 months ago: One of the advantages of being middle-aged is that some of the horny time-traveling I do can involve … more →

Tags: New York Times, times square, massage parlors, New York Public Library, Kirsten Dunst, 1970s Manhattan, Ryan Gosling

Chinese-American Food Demystified

Mish wrote 10 months ago: Did you know that fortune cookies were first made by Japanese bakers in Kyoto, but popularized in Ch … more →

Tags: Culture, Food, History, Random, Thoughts, chinese food, TED Talks

Jennifer 8. Lee on Chinese-American Cuisine

Dan wrote 10 months ago: I found this to be surprisingly fascinating: … more →

Tags: History, China, chinese food, Cuisine

Message in your fortune cookie

Carleton Place Public Library wrote 11 months ago: Looking for crafts for my Valentine’s Craft Night coming up, I came across one of Martha Stewa … more →

Tags: Books, Food, writing, Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Fortune Cookies, Martha Stewart

Chinese Food: The Open Source McDonald's4 comments

Dana wrote 11 months ago: Jennifer 8 Lee gave a TED talk on the rampant spread of Chinese food throughout the US and the world … more →

Tags: Culture contrast, Books, History, Food, TED Talks, Fortune Cookies, chinese food

Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was General Tso?

operationitch wrote 11 months ago: From TED more in Arts & Culture   Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee talks about her hunt for the origins … more →

Tags: Arts & Culture, TeD, tedtalks, Talks, Food, Culture, Exploration, Global, issues

White American culture is General Tso's Chicken and Chop Suey.47 comments

Restructure! wrote 11 months ago: Finally, somebody summarized the myths that non-Chinese Americans have about Chinese food. Most of w … more →

Tags: videos, Debunking, White People Studies, racism, Race, White, asian, united states, media

Chinese Introduced to Fortune Cookies

rachelroh wrote 1 year ago: As the century of the China dawns, real Chinese encounter the fakery that has been passed off as Chi … more →

Tags: Asian American, Culture, Fake Asian culture, fake Chinese culture parading as Western fact, Chinese Introduced to fortune cookies

UPNA Book Club Reads Their Fortune!1 comment

blogando wrote 1 year ago: Left side, front to back: Kim Kreicker, Karen Acosta, Arla Jones and Richard Cole. Right side, front … more →

Tags: Book Club, upna, University Place Neighborhood Association, Fortune Cookie Chronicles

What Will You Be Doing on Aug. 8, 2008 at 8:08 p.m.?4 comments

Monica wrote 1 year ago: I’m not very knowledgeable about numerology, but evidently the number 8 is considered to be qu … more →

Tags: Actors, astrologers, Leo, main street, Asians, Beijing Olympics, Lucille Ball, lily dale, Patricia Bell


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