"American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But that surprising first bite is only the beginning. What about the people behind the food? What about the traditions? What about the memories? For two years, Edward Lee ... traveled the highways and byways of America to seek out foods that open a window onto a whole other way of cooking, of eating, of living--a way that's unique and quintessentially American"--Dust jacket flap.
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