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Chinese Takeaway Cookbook

Author : Kwoklyn Wan
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787133680
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Takeaway Cookbook written by Kwoklyn Wan and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese is the UK's favourite takeout food, and it's beloved all over the world – as with much Indian food, it's the nostalgic, comforting creations for western palates that really get people salivating. Now you can make your favourite Chinese restaurant classics at home with Kwoklyn Wan's fabulous Chinese Takeaway Cookbook. Kwoklyn is a third-generation Chinese chef: BBC (British-Born Chinese). He’s also the brother of TV celebrity Gok Wan and both boys grew up working in their family's Cantonese Restaurant in Leicester in the 1970s. He has spent years perfecting recipes for Chinese dishes that taste like the ones from your local takeaway kitchen or restaurant. The book features 70 classic dishes, everything from sweet and sour chicken to char siu, prawn toast to chop suey, egg-fried rice to crispy seaweed – and most of them can be on the table in 20 minutes or less. Cook up a storm at home with Kwoklyn's fabulous take on food from the takeaway.

10-Minute Chinese Takeaway

Author : Kwoklyn Wan
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787137422
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book 10-Minute Chinese Takeaway written by Kwoklyn Wan and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10-Minute Takeaway is the fastest, easiest ever cookbook for all your favourite Chinese dishes. Cooking star Kwoklyn Wan offers over 80 inventive ways of getting food on the table in 10 minutes flat, from start to finish – quicker than doing an online order or picking up the phone! Here he shares fuss-free and delicious recipes for the likes of Sweet and Sour Pork, Roast Duck in Hoi Sin Sauce, King Prawn Noodles, Rice Noodle Soup, Crispy Chilli Tofu, Marinated Tofu and many more. With Kwoklyn's amazing recipes and handy shortcuts, it really is THAT easy.

The Veggie Chinese Takeaway Cookbook

Author : Kwoklyn Wan
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787135101
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book The Veggie Chinese Takeaway Cookbook written by Kwoklyn Wan and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being vegan or vegetarian, or wanting to reduce your meat intake, doesn't mean missing out on fantastic takeaway favourites. The Veggie Chinese Takeaway Cookbook offers over 70 amazing meat-free recipes, most of which can easily be made vegan. Kwoklyn Wan has spent his life cooking in Chinese restaurants and knows how to make your home recipes taste just like the takeaway. Chinese food is ideal for a veggie diet as it makes the most of fresh vegetables and meat substitutes, and uses very little dairy – but at the same time packs fantastic flavour into everything. From tom yum soup to spring rolls, fried tofu with chilli and black beans or aubergine with sesame seeds, to Hong Kong crispy noodles and sticky rice parcels, you can re-create the tastes of your favourite restaurant quicker than the time it takes to pick up the phone and order.

Chop Suey, USA

Author : Yong Chen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231538162
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Chop Suey, USA written by Yong Chen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popular ethnic cuisine. Chop Suey, USA offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise of Chinese food, revealing the forces that made it ubiquitous in the American gastronomic landscape and turned the country into an empire of consumption. Engineered by a politically disenfranchised, numerically small, and economically exploited group, Chinese food's tour de America is an epic story of global cultural encounter. It reflects not only changes in taste but also a growing appetite for a more leisurely lifestyle. Americans fell in love with Chinese food not because of its gastronomic excellence but because of its affordability and convenience, which is why they preferred the quick and simple dishes of China while shunning its haute cuisine. Epitomized by chop suey, American Chinese food was a forerunner of McDonald's, democratizing the once-exclusive dining-out experience for such groups as marginalized Anglos, African Americans, and Jews. The rise of Chinese food is also a classic American story of immigrant entrepreneurship and perseverance. Barred from many occupations, Chinese Americans successfully turned Chinese food from a despised cuisine into a dominant force in the restaurant market, creating a critical lifeline for their community. Chinese American restaurant workers developed the concept of the open kitchen and popularized the practice of home delivery. They streamlined certain Chinese dishes, such as chop suey and egg foo young, turning them into nationally recognized brand names.

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

Author : Jennifer 8 Lee
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0446511706
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles written by Jennifer 8 Lee and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook

Author : Diana Kuan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 034552912X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Takeout Cookbook written by Diana Kuan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s love affair with Chinese food dates back more than a century. Today, such dishes as General Tso’s Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Egg Rolls are as common as hamburgers and spaghetti. Probably at this moment, a drawer in your kitchen is stuffed with Chinese takeout menus, soy sauce packets, and wooden chopsticks, right? But what if you didn’t have to eat your favorites out of a container? In The Chinese Takeout Cookbook, Chinese food blogger and cooking instructor Diana Kuan brings Chinatown to your home with this amazing collection of more than eighty popular Chinese takeout recipes—appetizers, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts—all easy-to-prepare and MSG-free. Plus you’ll discover how to • stock your pantry with ingredients you can find at your local supermarket • season and master a wok for all your Chinese cooking needs • prepare the flavor trifecta of Chinese cuisine—ginger, garlic, and scallions • wrap egg rolls, dumplings, and wontons like a pro • steam fish to perfection every time • create vegetarian variations that will please everyone’s palate • whip up delectable sweet treats in time for the Chinese New Year The Chinese Takeout Cookbook also features mouthwatering color photos throughout as well as sidebars that highlight helpful notes, including how to freeze and recook dumplings; cooking tidbits, such as how to kick up your dish with a bit of heat; and the history behind some of your favorite comfort foods, including the curious New York invention of the pastrami egg roll and the influence of Tiki culture on Chinese cuisine. So, put down that takeout menu, grab the wok, and let’s get cooking! Here for the first time—in one fun, easy, and tasty collection—are more than 80 favorite Chinese restaurant dishes to make right in your own kitchen: • Cold Sesame Noodles • Kung Pao Chicken • Classic Barbecue Spareribs • Beef Chow Fun • Homemade Chili Oil • Hot and Sour Soup • Chinatown Roast Duck • Moo Shu Pork • Dry-Fried String Beans • Black Sesame Ice Cream • And of course, perfectly fried Pork and Shrimp Egg Rolls! “Diana Kuan chronicles America’s love affair with Chinese food. The Chinese Takeout Cookbook is the perfect reason to throw out those menus cluttering your kitchen drawers!”—Patricia Tanumihardja, author of The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook

The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook

Author : Danny Bowien
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062243438
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook written by Danny Bowien and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From rising culinary star Danny Bowien, chef and cofounder of the tremendously popular Mission Chinese Food restaurants, comes an exuberant cookbook that tells the story of an unconventional idea born in San Francisco that spread cross-country, propelled by wildly inventive recipes that have changed what it means to cook Chinese food in America Mission Chinese Food is not exactly a Chinese restaurant. It began its life as a pop-up: a restaurant nested within a divey Americanized Chinese joint in San Francisco’s Mission District. From the beginning, a spirit of resourcefulness and radical inventiveness has infused each and every dish at Mission Chinese Food. Now, hungry diners line up outside both the San Francisco and New York City locations, waiting hours for platters of Sizzling Cumin Lamb, Thrice-Cooked Bacon, Fiery Kung Pao Pastrami, and pungent Salt-Cod Fried Rice. The force behind the phenomenon, chef Danny Bowien is, at only thirty-three, the fastest-rising young chef in the United States. Born in Korea and adopted by parents in Oklahoma, he has a broad spectrum of influences. He’s a veteran of fine-dining kitchens, sushi bars, an international pesto competition, and a grocery-store burger stand. In 2013 Food & Wine named him one of the country’s Best New Chefs and the James Beard Foundation awarded him its illustrious Rising Star Chef Award. In 2011 Bon Appétit named Mission Chinese Food the second-best new restaurant in America, and in 2012 the New York Times hailed the Lower East Side outpost as the Best New Restaurant in New York City. The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook tracks the fascinating, meteoric rise of the restaurant and its chef. Each chapter in the story—from the restaurant’s early days, to an ill-fated trip to China, to the opening of the first Mission Chinese in New York—unfolds as a conversation between Danny and his collaborators, and is accompanied by detailed recipes for the addictive dishes that have earned the restaurant global praise. Mission Chinese’s legions of fans as well as home cooks of all levels will rethink what it means to cook Chinese food, while getting a look into the background and insights of one of the most creative young chefs today.

China to Chinatown

Author : J.A.G. Roberts
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861896182
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book China to Chinatown written by J.A.G. Roberts and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2004-07-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China to Chinatown tells the story of one of the most notable examples of the globalization of food: the spread of Chinese recipes, ingredients and cooking styles to the Western world. Beginning with the accounts of Marco Polo and Franciscan missionaries, J.A.G. Roberts describes how Westerners’ first impressions of Chinese food were decidedly mixed, with many regarding Chinese eating habits as repugnant. Chinese food was brought back to the West merely as a curiosity. The Western encounter with a wider variety of Chinese cuisine dates from the first half of the 20th century, when Chinese food spread to the West with emigrant communities. The author shows how Chinese cooking has come to be regarded by some as among the world’s most sophisticated cuisines, and yet is harshly criticized by others, for example on the grounds that its preparation involves cruelty to animals. Roberts discusses the extent to which Chinese food, as a facet of Chinese culture overseas, has remained differentiated, and questions whether its ethnic identity is dissolving. Written in a lively style, the book will appeal to food historians and specialists in Chinese culture, as well as to readers interested in Chinese cuisine.

Chop Suey

Author : Andrew Coe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199758514
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Chop Suey written by Andrew Coe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States--by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time. It's a tale that moves from curiosity to disgust and then desire. From China, Coe's story travels to the American West, where Chinese immigrants drawn by the 1848 Gold Rush struggled against racism and culinary prejudice but still established restaurants and farms and imported an array of Asian ingredients. He traces the Chinese migration to the East Coast, highlighting that crucial moment when New York "Bohemians" discovered Chinese cuisine--and for better or worse, chop suey. Along the way, Coe shows how the peasant food of an obscure part of China came to dominate Chinese-American restaurants; unravels the truth of chop suey's origins; reveals why American Jews fell in love with egg rolls and chow mein; shows how President Nixon's 1972 trip to China opened our palates to a new range of cuisine; and explains why we still can't get dishes like those served in Beijing or Shanghai. The book also explores how American tastes have been shaped by our relationship with the outside world, and how we've relentlessly changed foreign foods to adapt to them our own deep-down conservative culinary preferences. Andrew Coe's Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States is a fascinating tour of America's centuries-long appetite for Chinese food. Always illuminating, often exploding long-held culinary myths, this book opens a new window into defining what is American cuisine.

Damn Good Chinese Food

Author : Chris Cheung
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510758127
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Damn Good Chinese Food written by Chris Cheung and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "50 recipes inspired by life in Chinatown."--Cover.

Chinese Restaurant Cook Book

Author : Barbara Myers
Publisher : Outlet
ISBN 13 : 9780517436066
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Restaurant Cook Book written by Barbara Myers and published by Outlet. This book was released on 1985-04-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a selection of recipes that represent the five major Chinese regional cooking styles and provides instruction in specific Chinese cooking techniques

Number One Chinese Restaurant

Author : Lillian Li
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250141303
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Number One Chinese Restaurant written by Lillian Li and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Must-Read by TIME, Buzzfeed, The Wall Street Journal, Star Tribune, Fast Company, The Village Voice, Toronto Star, Fortune Magazine, InStyle, and O, The Oprah Magazine "A joy to read—I couldn't get enough." —Buzzfeed "This novel practically thumps with heartache and sharp humor." —Chang-rae Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Native Speaker An exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone’s favorite Chinese restaurant. The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family’s controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay. Owner Jimmy Han hopes to leave his late father’s homespun establishment for a fancier one. Jimmy’s older brother, Johnny, and Johnny’s daughter, Annie, ache to return to a time before a father’s absence and a teenager’s silence pushed them apart. Nan and Ah-Jack, longtime Duck House employees, are tempted to turn their thirty-year friendship into something else, even as Nan’s son, Pat, struggles to stay out of trouble. And when Pat and Annie, caught in a mix of youthful lust and boredom, find themselves in a dangerous game that implicates them in the Duck House tragedy, their families must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to help their children. Generous in spirit, unaffected in its intelligence, multi-voiced, poignant, and darkly funny, Number One Chinese Restaurant looks beyond red tablecloths and silkscreen murals to share an unforgettable story about youth and aging, parents and children, and all the ways that our families destroy us while also keeping us grounded and alive.

Chinese Cooking

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781572153073
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Cooking written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated basic Chinese cookbook plus several special features.

From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express

Author : Haiming Liu
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813574773
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express written by Haiming Liu and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Chinese Americans through the lens of food. From Canton Restaurant in 1849 to Panda Express today, Chinese food history in America spans over 150 years. Chinese 'Forty-niners' were mostly merchants and restaurateurs who migrated here not to dig gold but to do trade. Racism against the Chinese slowed down the growth of the Chinese restaurant business in the late 19th century, but it made a rebound in the format of chop suey. From 1900 to the 1960s, chop suey as imagined authentic Chinese food attracted numerous American customers including Jewish Americans as its collective fan. Then the real Chinese food such as Hunan, Sichuan or Shanghai cuisine replaced chop suey houses in the 1970s following the arrival of new Chinese immigrants after immigration reform in 1965. Those regional-flavored Chinese restaurants were brought in and established by immigrants from Taiwan rather than mainland China. As Chinese restaurants in America turned Chinese in flavor, P.F. Chang's and Panda Express rose fast in the 1990s to meet the need of constantly changing and often multi-ethnically blended eating habits of American customers. Chinese food in America is a fascinating history about both Chinese and Americans. Embedded in this history is the story of human migration, culinary tradition, racial politics, ethnic identity, cultural negotiation, Chinese Diaspora and transnational life, and Chinese cuisine as a global food. Though a scholarly work, this book aims at all readers who are interested in food history and culture"--Provided by publisher

Easy Chinese Cookbook

Author : Chris Toy
Publisher : Rockridge Press
ISBN 13 : 9781646115877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Easy Chinese Cookbook written by Chris Toy and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreate your favorite Chinese takeout meals at home Now you can capture the flavors of Chinatown in your own kitchen. This Chinese cookbook makes it quick and easy to prepare Chinese takeout favorites at home with beginner-friendly recipes that anyone can master. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, learn how to make classics like Egg Rolls, Hot and Sour Soup, Orange Chicken, Kung Pao Beef, Shrimp Lo Mein, and Sweet Egg Custard Dessert. These step-by-step recipes use simple, affordable, everyday ingredients you can find at most grocery stores and don’t require lengthy prep work or complicated cooking techniques. This Chinese cookbook includes: An intro to Chinese cooking—Unlock the flavors of China with detailed information about regional flavor bases, essential ingredients and equipment lists, and tips for making Chinese cooking easy. Home takeout menus—Explore convenient pre-planned menus for DIY Dim Sum, a Chinese New Year Feast, Sichuan Night, Classic Cantonese Takeout, and Vegetarian and Vegan Takeout. Recipe tips and labels—Find weeknight-friendly recipes quickly with labels for dishes that take 30 minutes or less to prepare, plus recipe-specific suggestions for taking your culinary creations to the next level. Make authentic, restaurant-quality Chinese meals in the comfort of your own kitchen with help from the Easy Chinese Cookbook.

Chinese Takeout in 5

Author : Kwoklyn Wan
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787137732
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Takeout in 5 written by Kwoklyn Wan and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kwoklyn Wan is back with 80 classic Chinese dishes that use only five ingredients. Alongside a basic store cupboard of five essentials – salt, pepper, soy sauce, sugar and oil – you can make a feast of easy dishes using the bare minimum. All your favorites are here – from Tom Yum Soup to Prawn Toast, Sweet Chilli Salmon and Lemon Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork Balls or Beef in Oyster Sauce, Aubergine Fritters and Chilli Ginger Crispy Tofu – and all use only five key ingredients, all of which are readily available from supermarkets or local grocery stores. Packed with beautiful photography, fuss-free recipes and expert tips throughout, Chinese Takeout in 5 makes cooking fantastic Chinese food at home fast, easy and fun.

Chinese Takeout

Author : Arthur Nersesian
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060548827
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Takeout written by Arthur Nersesian and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-07-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the cult classic The Fuck-Up comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side. Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur -- a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to make his deadline, he navigates among a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, bloodsucking art dealers, his politically active friends, and a haunting addict poet whose life is more out of control than Or's own. Nersesian's prose is sparkling and hypnotic in this brutal and comic story that will make you wonder if life and art are two different things.