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Picture Book · Ages 4–8
A Banquet for Cecilia
By Julie Leung, Melissa Iwai (Illustrator)
A chef escapes war to revolutionize Chinese cuisine in America.
4.2/5 Goodreads · 98 ratings
40 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Cecilia Chiang, a young girl enchanted by her family's kitchen, flees war-torn China to find herself in America. There, she transforms the culinary landscape with her legendary Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco. Discover how her journey from the seventh daughter in a large family to a pioneering chef reshaped the way Americans experience Chinese food. What challenges did she face, and how did her passion for cooking change a nation's palate forever?
From the publisher
Relish in the savory, tangy, and sometimes spicy dishes of Cecilia Chiang, a revolutionary who changed the way Americans viewed Chinese food. From an early age, Cecilia Chiang could be found delighting in the sounds and smells from her favorite room in her home–the kitchen. Little did Cecilia know that she would one day have to escape war and travel to a faraway country, destined to change Chinese cuisine in the United States forever. Experience the dishes Cecilia Chiang enjoyed throughout her life as the seventh daughter in a large family to the owner of the famous Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
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The fine print
Book details
Publication
- Published
- April 29, 2025
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780759557413
- LCCN
- 2022062128
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