The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors

This unique cookbook melding cultural commentary with Asian-inspired recipes "pushes the edges of intensity in terms of flavor and fierce originality" (New York Times Book Review).

For Mandy Lee, moving from New York to Beijing for her husband's work wasn't an exotic adventure-it was an ordeal. Growing increasingly exasperated with China's stifling political climate, its infuriating bureaucracy, and its choking pollution, she began "an unapologetically angry food blog," LadyandPups.com, to k...