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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book and one of the best books I've read all year. <br/><br/>As someone who has limited cooking skills and who is even less adventurous with new food than your average five year old - trust me when I say that this book has made me want to try a world of new things.<br/><br/>Ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5070931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the main characters, Sam, talks about the striving for simplicity of Chinese food. The Chinese chef should put so many layers into their food that to the observer, the food, like tofu, looks simply like tofu, but when they bite into it, they realize that what is seemingly simple, is very comp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67429370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was written by the same author as Lost In Translation, Nicole Mones<br/>I really liked this book about a woman who is widowed when her husband is run over by a car when is is on a buisness trip to San francisco.<br/>She is a food writer and travels often herself.  They agreed to never ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25743524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never been a great fan of Chinese food. Now I understand why: I've never eaten Chinese food, only some poor hybrid cousin that is is ubiquitous at strip malls and shopping center food courts from Paris, Texas to Paris, France. I might have come close to the real thing a few years ago in Chinato...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25080726">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Because Nicole Mones was/is a writer for Gourmet Magazine, I fully expected beautifully tantalizing textual food to tempt me off the path of my diet. This book delivers in spades-- with the added benefit of being incredibly, emotionally TRUE to what it means to cook and eat Chinese food. This is the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6375685">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating look into the Chinese culture, especially regarding the importance of food - and not just eating food, but the whole &quot;guanxi&quot; or relationship of the bonds between those who prepare the food and those who partake of it. <br/><br/>Yes, this is a novel, and a major component o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23887760">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a must read. Fascinating to read about how food is so much a part of the social aspect of Chinese culture. I love learning about my heritage...as I'm more white than yellow sometimes. <br/><br/>Fun learning that these things that I'm used to are... dissected so clearly and explained so well....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15669786">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author also wrote Lost in Translation which was made into a hollywood film starring Scarlett Johanssen and the comedian Bill Murray. I don't remember the story of that film [I haven't read the book:], but I recall it starting with a close up of Ms. Johanssen's butt, that it was set in Japan, tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75640645">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the author ran a textile business in China for 30 years, so she knows and loves China and the culture with an insider’s grace and knowledge, but with an outsider’s appreciation for detail.  although this is her third novel, it is the first i read of this author, and i'm glad: it's a very rewardi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76325484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. I checked it out at the library, read it over the weekend, and promptly got on Amazon and bought it. I only barely resisted just leaving for China to eat.<br/>I love books that revel in food. I also love reading about China. The Last Chinese Chef has both, what an indulgance.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64860589">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As I read &quot;The Last Chinese Chef&quot; I craved every dish described, begged my husband to go out to Chinese food, spent tons of money at Uwajimaya on all sorts of noodles and spices and sauces that I can't read let alone know what to do with, got a really fancy rice cooker for Christmas, and a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40791678">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like this book, and I did enjoy the tidbits about Chinese culture and food, but stilted dialogue and a generous helping of cliches made it hard to get through without lots of skimming. (Seriously, a drinking game could be crafted around the amount of times the author writes that w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41102058">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I finally got to purchase this book while visiting here in the states.  I loved every moment in this book and appreciated the time the author, Nicole Mones, took to ensure accuracy.  <br/><br/>Having been to China myself, I could picture the banquet I attended while there in Beijing.  The meal now...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72222083">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The blurbs on the cover and the reviews give you just about everything you need to know about this book going in--it's a combination of mystery/drama and culinary guide to Chinese food. It's a solid book, but given the level of ambition here I felt like I needed a bit more from it. The setup is some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73181502">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is why I belong to book groups.  I wouldn't have read this book otherwise.  I love food, and I love books, but generally I do not enjoy lengthy discriptions of ___________(insert your favorite food adjective here)infusions and &quot;heady&quot; aromas.<br/><br/>It was a great fall read warm f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35160029">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story goes down like steamed chow mein: Soft and amiable, with nothing too heavy to chew on. Before I realized it, I had finished over half the book. I just kept shoving the words in my brain without stopping to ponder them. <br/><br/>The Last Chinese Chef satisfies the Recommended Daily Allow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69314003">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[maggie is dealing with her husband's death when she finds out he may have fathered a child when he was in china. she travels to china to deal with the paternity suit and to interview &quot;the last chinese chef&quot;. loved this book- the descriptions of china, as well as the food, were wonderful.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to send out a big thank you to my friend, Cathy Ikeda, who loaned me this book! She and I have been on a food genre kick and this one fit right in. But while the other books recently read included a lot of great humor this one was all about food and romance and honoring the past and tradition...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73877175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fabulous book! I really enjoyed the storyline, the setting in China and reading about Chinese food and its history. I have a feeling this is going to be on my shortlist of favorites for 2008!]]></body>
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