Chinese Food
Jennifer 8. Lee is The New York Times reporter who became famous around town a few years ago for her cool byline, Washington navel-gazing articles like “Washington Talk: If You’re Not Invited, You’re Not Alone” and her Katharine-Graham-for-the-young-set parties (which ultimately got her in hot water with her landlord, thanks to some damage to the condo).
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Lee headed back to New York at the end of 2004, but she’s out with a new book — “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food.”
She told Yeas & Nays on Monday that Sen. Chuck Schumer and George H.W. Bush are huge Chinese food fans, and reminded us that the Chinatown building in which the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln was planned is now — you guessed it — a Chinese restaurant (Wok & Roll). Lee’s personal favorite local Chinese restaurant is New Fortune Chinese Restaurant in Gaithersburg. Lee plans to host a book party at the Library of Congress sometime in the next few months and another one out West at the Nixon Library (given Tricky Dick’s China connection).
So don’t be surprised if you see her around town. “My friends are always trying to convince me to spend more time in Washington,” Lee said. “And now with the book done, I probably can.”
