Month: December 2008

Author Henry Chang will read from his acclaimed novels CHINATOWN BEAT and YEAR OF THE DOG and will discuss the origins and methodology of his writing style, evoking Chinatown not only as setting but also as a character. He will explain how he has combined noir mystery with Chinese American sociology and history. Chinatown Beat … Read more

Cooking from China’s Fujian Province (NY: Hippocrene Books, August, 2008) explores the people and foods from a province across the Straits from Taiwan. With roots in seven early Min tribes, the foods of this province benefit from an abundance of wild and cultivated foods from its mountains and fertile flatlands and access to many animals … Read more