cheuk: [indiscernible] [laughter] cheuk: when i made the film i wanted to break the stereotype barrier. just like when i asked my publisher not to bring any chinese stuff on my cover. i do not want golden dragon, that on my cover, because i went to break the cliche of what chinese food is, and to a lot of north americans chinese food is almost always associated with chinatown, and i just want to get up from there, and besides, you get more interesting stories going outside of chinatown than -- i did my north american story in a little town out of saskatchewan. 1000 people, but there are two chinese restaurants there, and there are stories about -- anyway, i will not go into that, but it is kind of -- and that story was like, the chinese restaurant was open very late, so teenagers coming after the movie for coffee, apple pie, so it became a community center, and i wanted to show that kind of -- of the rule especially an ethnic restaurant served as a community gathering. you are going to these italian restaurants and see italian men coming in and having big family meals, and that is ther

cheuk: yes i did.laughter] daniela: i want to do a brief introduction, if people had not read the books, i highly recommend them. national dish and “have you eaten yet?", i have fallen in love with them. i am enamored with the curiosity and depth you have approached the reporting. i want to do a brief introduction of each book, you will get into question, and open up to audience questions. we will call people up. anya is book -- anya writes, we have an idea of what french, italian, japanese, mexican food is. who decides what makes a national food cannon? a national dish seeks to find the truth about the national cliche, you are what you eat, going high and low, in search of how cuisine became connected to place and identity. and “have you eaten yet?", stories from chinese restaurants all around the world. family owned chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community and delicious food. chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. they are an insight into time, history and

cheuk: yes i did.ughter] daniela: i want to do a brief introduction, if people had not read the books, i highly recommend them. national dish and “have you eaten yet?", i have fallen in love with them. i am enamored with the curiosity and depth you have approached the reporting. i want to do a brief introduction of each book, you will get into question, and open up to audience questions. we will call people up. anya is book -- anya writes, we have an idea of what french, italian, japanese, mexican food is. who decides what makes a national food cannon? a national dish seeks to find the truth about the national cliche, you are what you eat, going high and low, in search of how cuisine became connected to place and identity. and “have you eaten yet?", stories from chinese restaurants all around the world. family owned chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community and delicious food. chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. they are an insight into time, history and p