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How do you describe a novel by Christopher Moore? Thriller/humor/fantasy? Sci-fi/paranormal/satire? How about flat out fun?

Bite Me is the follow up to You Suck and the third in Moorse's hilarious vampire series set in San Francisco. Before you cringe at the thought of another vamp story, this is nothing like the teen-angst vampire series that are as thick as old motor oil on the book charts. These are good.

Let's review a few of the main characters, all in great form after their adventures in You Suck. Abby Normal, wanna be mistress of the dark (day slave name of Allison Greene) leads the pack as she professes her love for Steve (Foo Dog), the wonder brain. Chet The Hairless Cat is back and getting bigger, The Emperor is still overseeing his city while living rough on the streets, Jody and Tommy are still lovers but encased in copper. SF cops Cavuto and Rivera join the crowd again as everyone tries to fight off the latest vamp attack, this time three super vamps who arrive on a mystery yacht to help save The Count.

One of Moore's strengths is his outstanding dialog and this book is no different. Unique descriptions of Abby's boots, Chet's appetite, the love habits of the Animals (creators of frozen turkey bowling and the night staff at the Safeway) and the always hard to understand conversations involving Abby and Goth Gary. Read it, you'll know what I mean. Nobody writes funny, articulate dialog than Christopher Moore. This is a great book, highly recommended.

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Canadian Chinese cuisine

History

Construction of a Chinese camp, Kamloops B.C.

Chinese workers were employed in the 1800s by Chinese labour contractors during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway linking Montreal with Vancouver. Many of those workers who stayed once the railway was completed resorted to opening small inexpensive restaurants or working as cooks in mining and logging camps, canneries, and in the houses of the upper classes in cities and towns. They prepared variations on traditional Cantonese food that were well-received by local patrons and they were prized as cooks in wealthier households. This occurred despite the fact that few if any of them were trained chefs. In most small towns in Western Canada, the Chinese af was the first restaurant established, and often the only one. People did not buy the food of their own ethnic group, since they could prepare those themselves, whereas Chinese food was a novelty. Furthermore, the Chinese community was not heavily involved in agriculture, so this presented an opportunity for an alternative source of income. Consequently the Chinese community specialized in the restaurant business, and were able to undercut and out compete later rivals. Even today in many towns and hamlets across the prairie provinces and in northern British Columbia, there can usually be found a Chinese caf regardless of the community's size, serving "Canadian and Chinese cuisine" or, once more common, "Chinese and Western Food". In Glendon, Alberta, for example, next to a roadside model of the world's largest perogy (a staple of Ukrainian cuisine), sits the Perogy Caf, which serves "Ukrainian and Chinese Perogies" (meaning Pot Stickers). This establishment is actually owned by a Vietnamese family.

In British Columbia, a form of buffet known as the Chinese smorgasbord developed in pre-railway Gastown (the settlement that became Vancouver) when Scandinavian loggers and millworkers encouraged their Chinese cooks to turn a sideboard into a steamtable instead of bringing plates of single dishes to the dining table. Following the introduction of the automobile and the invention of the drive-in restaurant (by another Vancouver restaurateur: see White Spot), Chinese take-out service was augmented by Chinese drive-ins, including the now-vanished Dragon Inn chain, which was also known for its smorgasbord.

In Vancouver and Victoria, the more authentic Chinese restaurants were largely found in those cities' Chinatowns, but Chinese food became a staple of city as well as small-town life and became a normal part of the local culture. Many British Columbians for example, grew up using chopsticks as well as knives and forks. Certain Chinese-Canadian recipes became current in non-Chinese households by the mid-20th Century (e.g. chow mein, sweet and sour pork, chop suey, egg foo yung).

Further Cantonese immigration to Canada began anew in the 1960s, and was ignited in the 1980s in anticipation of China's administrative take-over of Hong Kong. This resulted in many Hong Kong families relocating to Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and above-all Canada. This preference for Canada was due to its immigration policy, a high-standard of living, established Chinese community, and its membership in the Commonwealth. Today Chinese Canadian citizens are the largest visible minority group in Canada, and Chinatowns are in every major Canadian city, with those in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal being the largest.

This new wave of Chinese immigration has also brought a demand for more authentic Chinese food. The newer Chinese restaurants, particularly in areas of high Asian immigration, tend to serve authentic Chinese cuisine that evolved in Chinese communities outside of Canada, which cater to immigrants. These range from Cantonese Dim Sum restaurants to Hakka cuisine restaurants with an Indian flair.

Staples

Chinese restaurants are usually small "mom & pop" businesses. Consequently the menus are highly variable, although the following dishes are generally universal:

General Tao's Chicken

Cantonese style chow mein Fried egg noodles, green peppers, pea pods, bok choy, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, shrimp, Chinese pork (char siu, ), chicken, and beef served in a thick sauce; typically marquee dish in a Canadian Chinese meal (not to be confused with American style chow mein).

Almond Chicken Soo Guy (so gai) Sliced breaded chicken breast with almonds and gravy. Usually known to anglophones as "almond chicken".

Chop suey Very similar to American style chop suey.

Chow mein Very similar to American style chow mein, but with more beansprouts. "Hong Kong style chow mein" omits the beansprouts and is served on a bed of crunchy fried noodles.

Won ton soup and wor won ton - pork and shrimp dumplings in a chicken broth, sometimes with sliced meats like bbq pork.

Hot and sour soup

Jar doo chicken wings Lightly breaded seasoned deep-fried chicken wings.

Lo mein Fried egg noodles and vegetables, sometimes served in a thick sauce.

Shanghai noodles Fried thick noodles

Moo goo guy pan Sliced chicken with mushrooms and mixed vegetables.

Singapore noodles Rice noodles, beef, and vegetables served in a curry sauce.

Dry ribs Deep-fried seasoned pork ribs.

Sweet and sour pork Deep-fried pork chunks in sauce, often breaded into balls (but not always). May have a slice of orange.

Sweet and sour chicken balls Deep-fried breaded chicken in sweet and sour sauce. In some Atlantic Canadian restaurants, the menus list this item only as "sweet and sour chicken," thus removing any reference to either the shape or the breaded coating.

Ginger beef Tender beef cut in chunks, mixed with ginger and Chinese mixed vegetables.

Ginger Fried Beef Tender beef cut in strings, battered, deep dried, then re-fried in wok mixed with a sweet sauce, a variation of a popular Northern Chinese dish.

Dai dop voy Fried sliced young chicken meat, fresh shrimps, barbecued pork with mixed Chinese vegetables.

Diced pork ding Cubed Chinese pork, almonds, and vegetables in a thick sauce (Any meat can serve as the base for a ding).

Kung Pao chicken

Egg foo yung

Egg rolls

Potstickers/Fried Pork Dumplings Generally filled with diced pork and vegetables (mostly cabbage, green onion/scallion) in a doughy wrapper served pan-fried with a vinegar (can be white, red, black, rice wine vinegar...), sesame oil and ginger sauce. Often called "wor tips" in southern Alberta, especially at Chinese restaurants in Lethbridge. Also called Chinese perogies.

Lemon chicken Chicken breast, battered and deep-fried, then sliced and served with lemon sauce.

Fried rice

Salt and pepper squid

Culture

Josephine Smart, a professor from the University of Calgary, has written on the evolution of Canadian Chinese cuisine. Her papers have examined the dynamics of localization and "authenticization" of Chinese food in Canada, and its implications for ethnic relations and the culture of consumption[citation needed].

Chinese restaurants generally use either one of the romanization systems for Cantonese or an ad hoc romanization rather than the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese with which non-Chinese people are now most familiar. This has the effect, intended or not, of lending a sense of exotic nostalgia to the dining experience.

Canadian Chinese restaurants

A Chinese-Canadian restaurant in Nipigon, Ontario.

Even very small towns in most of Canada have at least one Canadian Chinese restaurant, and many can have two or more proprietors seeking out business, often right next to each other on the main street. Many towns that cannot support a single franchise restaurant still have a thriving Chinese food restaurant. However, many independent restaurants in larger cities have found their business shrinking as delivery chains and buffets squeeze out traditional sit-down restaurants.

In larger cities like Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver, Canadian Chinese restaurants can be clustered in the thriving Chinatowns. However, they are now most likely mixed with those featuring the more traditional cuisines. Canadian Chinese restaurants are not limited to these areas and can often be found even at the farthest outskirts of the metropolitan areas. Restaurants in the newer Chinatowns, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver, tend to cater to newer immigrants and offer more varied fare; Szechuan, Hakka, Chiuchow, Taiwanese, and even Buddhist cuisine restaurants can be found there. Because of the popularity of Canadian Chinese food, even some of the older authentic Chinese restaurants may offer Canadian Chinese dishes.

See also

Cantonese cuisine

American Style Chinese food

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