Serve the People(English, Paperback, Lin-Liu Jen)

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Serve the People(English, Paperback, Lin-Liu Jen) is written by Lin-Liu Jen and published by Harvest Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0156033747 (ISBN 10) and 9780156033749 (ISBN 13).

A memorable and mouthwatering cook’s tour of today’s China As a freelance journalist and food writer living in Beijing, Jen Lin-Liu already had a ringside seat for China’s exploding food scene. When she decided to enroll in a local cooking school—held in an unheated classroom with nary a measuring cup in sight—she jumped into the ring herself. Progressing from cooking student to noodle-stall and dumpling-house apprentice to intern at a chic Shanghai restaurant, she finds poor young men and women streaming in from the provinces in search of a “rice bowl” (living wage); a burgeoning urban middle class hungry for luxury after decades of turmoil and privation; and the mentors who take her in hand in the kitchen and beyond. Together they present an unforgettable slice of contemporary China in the full swing of social and economic transformation.