### Sylvia Rabiner

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**Soul of a Banquet**  
Soul of a Banquet is a warm tribute to Cecilia Chiang, whose The Mandarin is widely considered to have introduced authentic Chinese cuisine to Americans. Until then, most Chinese restaurants were in various Chinatowns and served egg foo young and chop suey, Americanized versions of Chinese food, prepared by ordinary folk from the peasant tradition who w…  
[Adam’s Substack](https://adamrabiner.substack.com/p/soul-of-a-banquet)

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Very interesting and well written.