I am obsessed with Chinese restaurants. Like many Americans, I first discovered them in my childhood. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not seconds. Sauteing is energy efficient; baking is not. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
The Chinese use every spare bit of an animal: cow lungs, pig ears, chicken feet, duck blood. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
People think of fortune cookies as being Chinese, but in essence, they are fundamentally American. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
Chinese cooking is noisy – a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don’t tell the reader anything specific, like ‘Democrats at it Again.’ Jennifer Lee Read Quote
Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story. Jennifer Lee Read Quote
People often think that reporters write their own headlines. In fact, they almost never do. The people who do write headlines are the copy editors who are the front and last lines of quality-checking in a newspaper before it goes to print. Jennifer Lee Read Quote