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K-3
Illustrated by
Katy Wu.
Clickard's enthusiastic rhyming verse and Wu's inviting digital illustrations introduce Chinese American chef Joyce Chen, who helped popularize Northern Chinese cooking in the U.S. Beginning with her early life in China and 1949 emigration to Massachusetts, the book then describes how Chen's first restaurant led her to other successful enterprises, including a cookbook and TV show. A dumpling recipe is appended. Timeline. Bib., glos.