Jennifer Lee quotes

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese. (Jennifer Lee)
I like to say, Chop sueys the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another, because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means tsap sui, which, if you translate back, means odds and ends. View quote
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In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my childhood, with odd roast-turkey experiments involving sticky-rice stuffing or newfangled basting techniques that we read about in magazines. View quote
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A wedding. According to Chris, they didn't die on the boat. They got washed up on a shore in a jungle island. The queen gave birth to a baby boy. They build a treehouse. They get eaten by a leopard... View quote
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Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime. View quote
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Headline writing is an art form. View quote
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Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans. View quote
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I am obsessed with Chinese restaurants. Like many Americans, I first discovered them in my childhood. View quote
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Broccoli is not a Chinese vegetable; in fact, it is originally an Italian vegetable. It was introduced into the United States in the 1800s, but became popularized in the 1920s and the 1930s. View quote
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Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story. View quote
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We might be shifting away from a Eurocentric view of the United States into something that's much more multicultural, multinational, and Chinese food is just one slice of that. (Jennifer Lee)