Finalist for the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction World Gourmand Award Winner"Stunning... will really make your mouth water."
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Entertainment Weekly"Entertaining and learned... the perfect leisure read...effortless... profound... delicious."
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Wall Street Journal"The most thorough explanation of Chinese food I’ve ever read in the English language."
-Ruth Reichl,
NPR"A dazzling journey... a feast... a page turner both exciting and wise."
-David Henry Hwang
"Food and travel writing at its best... engaging, inventive, and incredibly informative."
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Booksense"It doesn’t seem quite fair for an author to be as skilled...as Nicole Mones. Entrances."
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Seattle Times"Will transport you... you won’t want to put the book down..."
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NW Asian Weekly"A masterpiece for Chinese food."
-Edouard Cointreau, judges’ panel, World Gourmand Award
"Subtle...meticulously researched... will entice. Avoid reading while hungry."
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Kirkus Reviews"Sumptuous... tantalizing. Early in her visit, Maggie scoffs at the idea that food can heal the human heart. Mones smartly proves her wrong."
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Publisher’s Weekly"Crackling with energy and ambition.. will delight... erudite details and butter-smooth prose."
-Diana Abu-Jaber
"Maybe you never considered the imperial heights of Chinese cuisine. Nicole Mones can change that with the flip of a page."
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Charlotte Observer"Outstanding and beautifully written."
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Willamette WeekErudite and entertaining...mouthwatering details on one of the world’s greatest cuisines."
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Northwest Asian Times"Captivating...evocative... admirably adept...invaluably quirky knowledge about Chinese culture and food. "
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New York Times Book Review"Delicious... deftly portrays complexity and passion of a cross-cultural love affair... and the rarefied and competitive world of Chinese haute cuisine, a subtle complex art that reached its apogee in the court of the Emperor and was nearly obliterated in Mao’s Cultural Revolution."
Judges’ Citation
, Kiriyama Prize"Delicious...reveals the sophistication of an ancient culture but also its corruption, cronyism, and poverty. "
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Waterstone ReviewFinalist for the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction World Gourmand Award Winner"Stunning... will really make your mouth water."
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Entertainment Weekly"Entertaining and learned... the perfect leisure read...effortless... profound... delicious."
-
Wall Street Journal"The most thorough explanation of Chinese food I’ve ever read in the English language."
-Ruth Reichl,
NPR"A dazzling journey... a feast... a page turner both exciting and wise."
-David Henry Hwang
"Food and travel writing at its best... engaging, inventive, and incredibly informative."
-
Booksense"It doesn’t seem quite fair for an author to be as skilled...as Nicole Mones. Entrances."
-
Seattle Times"Will transport you... you won’t want to put the book down..."
-
NW Asian Weekly"A masterpiece for Chinese food."
-Edouard Cointreau, judges’ panel, World Gourmand Award
"Subtle...meticulously researched... will entice. Avoid reading while hungry."
-
Kirkus Reviews"Sumptuous... tantalizing. Early in her visit, Maggie scoffs at the idea that food can heal the human heart. Mones smartly proves her wrong."
-
Publisher’s Weekly"Crackling with energy and ambition.. will delight... erudite details and butter-smooth prose."
-Diana Abu-Jaber
"Maybe you never considered the imperial heights of Chinese cuisine. Nicole Mones can change that with the flip of a page."
-
Charlotte Observer"Outstanding and beautifully written."
-
Willamette WeekErudite and entertaining...mouthwatering details on one of the world’s greatest cuisines."
-
Northwest Asian Times"Captivating...evocative... admirably adept...invaluably quirky knowledge about Chinese culture and food. "
-
New York Times Book Review"Delicious... deftly portrays complexity and passion of a cross-cultural love affair... and the rarefied and competitive world of Chinese haute cuisine, a subtle complex art that reached its apogee in the court of the Emperor and was nearly obliterated in Mao’s Cultural Revolution."
Judges’ Citation
, Kiriyama Prize "Delicious...reveals the sophistication of an ancient culture but also its corruption, cronyism, and poverty. "
-
Waterstone ReviewFinalist for the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction World Gourmand Award Winner"Stunning... will really make your mouth water."
-
Entertainment Weekly"Entertaining and learned... the perfect leisure read...effortless... profound... delicious."
-
Wall Street Journal"The most thorough explanation of Chinese food I’ve ever read in the English language."
-Ruth Reichl,
NPR"A dazzling journey... a feast... a page turner both exciting and wise."
-David Henry Hwang
"Food and travel writing at its best... engaging, inventive, and incredibly informative."
-
Booksense"It doesn’t seem quite fair for an author to be as skilled...as Nicole Mones. Entrances."
-
Seattle Times"Will transport you... you won’t want to put the book down..."
-
NW Asian Weekly"A masterpiece for Chinese food."
-Edouard Cointreau, judges’ panel, World Gourmand Award
"Subtle...meticulously researched... will entice. Avoid reading while hungry."
-
Kirkus Reviews"Sumptuous... tantalizing. Early in her visit, Maggie scoffs at the idea that food can heal the human heart. Mones smartly proves her wrong."
-
Publisher’s Weekly"Crackling with energy and ambition.. will delight... erudite details and butter-smooth prose."
-Diana Abu-Jaber
"Maybe you never considered the imperial heights of Chinese cuisine. Nicole Mones can change that with the flip of a page."
-
Charlotte Observer"Outstanding and beautifully written."
-
Willamette WeekErudite and entertaining...mouthwatering details on one of the world’s greatest cuisines."
-
Northwest Asian Times"Captivating...evocative... admirably adept...invaluably quirky knowledge about Chinese culture and food. "
-
New York Times Book Review"Delicious... deftly portrays complexity and passion of a cross-cultural love affair... and the rarefied and competitive world of Chinese haute cuisine, a subtle complex art that reached its apogee in the court of the Emperor and was nearly obliterated in Mao’s Cultural Revolution."
Judges’ Citation
, Kiriyama Prize"Delicious...reveals the sophistication of an ancient culture but also its corruption, cronyism, and poverty. "
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Waterstone Review
NICOLE MONES is the author of the New York Times Notable Book Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light. She started a textile business in China at the end of the Cultural Revolution and ran it for eighteen years, and she brings to her fiction writing an in-depth understanding of China and its culture. Mones is a frequent contributor to Gourmet magazine, which ran an excerpt of The Last Chinese Chef—marking the first time Gourmet has ever published fiction in its pages. She lives in Portland, Oregon.