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The Leonard Lopate Show / February 07, 2007 / Cultural Confusion: Twinkies vs. Green Sticky Rice Cakes
Cultural Confusion: Twinkies vs. Green Sticky Rice Cakes
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Bich Minh Nguyen and her family moved from Vietnam to white, conservative Michigan in 1975. In her new book Stealing Buddha's Dinner, she writes about the cultural confusion she felt while growing up, and the deep differences between her grandmother's traditional cooking and Twinkies and Pringles.
Events: Bich Minh Nguyen will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, February 13 at 7 pm
Chelsea Barnes & Noble
675 Sixth Avenue, at 22nd Street
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