A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America

by Julie Leung

Melissa Iwai (Illustrator)

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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.

  • ISBN10 0759557411
  • ISBN13 9780759557413
  • Publish Date 15 May 2025
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Little, Brown & Company
  • Imprint Little, Brown Young Readers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 40
  • Language English