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Article: An all-American: The Chinese restaurant: The popular and abundant eateries have always been about more than food, as a museum show points out.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2006
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Byline: Jeff Gammage
Apr. 12--Today you can find a Chinese restaurant in practically every American city and town, from Absecon to Anchorage and everywhere in between. About 36,000 dot the landscape -- more than the number of McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger Kings combined. "The Chinese restaurant," says Cynthia Little, director of interpretive programming at the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, "has really become as American as apple pie." How that happened, what it means, and why it matters is the focus of a flavorful new exhibition at the museum that examines the Chinese restaurant and its multiple roles, only one of which is the preparation and ...