Janice Wong's Book CHOW at Vancouver Public Library January 18th + Panel Discussion



Wednesday January 18
7:30 pm
Free Event
Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level
Central Library
350 West Georgia Street

Janice Wong presents her book, Chow from China to Canada: Tales of Food and Family. A collection of over 50 traditional Chinese village dishes, it contains early photographs, immigration documents, 1940s restaurant menus and handwritten recipes from some of Canada's first ethnic restaurants.

Janice Wong, a Vancouver-based artist and daughter of a Chinese restaurateur, has assembled her father's recipes and her family's history in this unique cookbook;

Panel Discussion on Chinese food and Chinese Restaurants:
Janice is joined by by: 
Larry Wong of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society
Todd Wong of the creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Stephen Wong, celebrity chef

Here is the inside story on the event
Janice is my 2nd cousin-once-removed. We are descendants of Rev. Chan Yu Tan, who arrived in Canada in 1891.   And I only met her earlier this year when she announced that her book was coming out.  We immediately bonded, and I have enjoyed helping her promote her book.  We did a panel discussion together with Larry Wong at the West Vancouver Library and had so much fun, we decided to do it for Vancouver.