This story of family and identity migration and integration culture and self discovery is told through family history memory and the occasional recipe Diamond Grill is a rich banquet where Salisbury Steak shares a menu with chicken fried rice bird s nest soup sets the stage for Christmas plum pudding where racism simmers behind the shiny clean surface of the action in the cafe An exciting new edition of Fred Wah s best selling bio fiction on the 10th anniversary of its original publication with added text and an all new afterword by the author