The Last Chinese Chef/Nicole Mones/278 pgs.

This is our book club selection for April, so I will preface this by saying it would not have been a book I would have selected had I been browsing the shelves. That being said, I would have missed out on a very interesting and enjoyable book. The reader learns about Chinese culture through the history of some of their cuisine, in a fictional account. Maggie McElroy, several years a widow, learns that her deceased husband might have fathered a child on one of his many trips to China. Maggie is a food editor for a magazine, so she combines an assignment with her need to address the paternity suit against her husband. It's a journey through the Chinese cuisine, and one of self discovery for Maggie. Highly recommended!