A Celebration of Chinese Food in Today's America -- Culinary Historians of New York

Tickets, $40 (non-members and guests), $25 (MOCA/CHNY members), $22 (CHNY senior and student members)
CHNY
honors Dr. Jacqueline Newman, 2009 recipient of the Amelia Award for
lifetime achievement in culinary history, with a panel discussion on
Chinese food in America today.  Panelists include: Jessica Chien,
pastry chef and food
blogger; Jeffrey Chuang, illustrator and art designer; Kian Kam Kho,
software engineer and food blogger; and Stephanie Wang-Breal,
filmmaker; moderated by Andrew Coe, author of "Chop Suey: A Cultural
History of Chinese Food in the United States."

"Since the 1965 reform of the immigration laws,
tens of thousands of Chinese have arrived in New York from every part
of China. Most non-Chinese fans of Chinese food know that one result
has been a golden age for exciting new restaurants serving all kinds of
once-unfamiliar dishes. But what does the American or Chinese-American
food scene look like to members of the Chinese-American community—or
communities, since the makeup of today's first- and second-generation
immigrant population is so complex? How do people view the food that
they cook at home, the different versions of Western food that they
have encountered, the food served here in different kinds of supposedly
Chinese restaurants? Four food-minded Chinese-Americans will relate
their experiences in navigating Chinese and American culinary
identities and share their thoughts on what's happened to Chinese
cuisine as it has become progressively woven into the American culinary
fabric."