Pacifica Tribune Profiles Shirley
The following article appeared in the Pacifica Tribune on July 30, 2008:
Pacifican Shirley Fong-Torres stirs up a hearty appetite with her new book “The Woman Who Ate Chinatown”
By Jean Bartlett Correspondent
How do you get to Chinatown? How do you truly taste and shop in Chinatown? Where is the best dim sum, the most knowledgeable herbalist and the finest oolong tea? Where can you hear the ‘clicking’ sounds of mahjong, the calls of the marketplace, and the sounds of pork roasting in a homemade Hoisin sauce? How do you walk the steps of history through San Francisco’s Chinatown Portsmouth Square or the Stockton Street Market Place? The answer to these questions and so much more lies within the pages of the latest book by author, educator, celebrity chef, humorist, television and airline ‘in-flight’ personality, and founder and owner of the San Francisco award-winning Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours & Cooking Center, Shirley Fong-Torres.
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