Andrew Coe

Andrew Coe is a food writer and scholar, and the author of Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States and A Square Meal, A Culinary History of the Great Depression, and a coauthor of Foie Gras: A Passion.

Mr. Coe has written for Serious Eats NY, The Atlantic, Saveur, Gastronomica, Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times, and contributed to the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink.

He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Articles by this Author

Mixed Bits: The True History of Chop Suey, Fall 2017 | Vol. 62, No. 5

Once the most famous Chinese dish in America, chop suey helped spur the growth of Chinese restaurants. A Smithsonian curator is now criss-crossing the country to research its beginnings.

Roman Mosaic Found In Midtown Manhattan, October 2006 | Vol. 57, No. 5

A Glimpse Into The Lost Civilization of A.D. 1957

The Tools, November/December 2005 | Vol. 56, No. 6

Against this enemy, courage alone is not enough. From the beginning, firefighters have had to find ways to climb higher, shoot water farther, spot fires sooner. Here are some of the milestones in the history of fire-extinction technology.

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