Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants

Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants

In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada to answer two questions: Why is there a Chinese restaurant in every small town? And who are the families who run them? It was only after th…

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