title: The Story of Noodles
author:  Ying Chang Compestine 
description: Back from The Story of Chopsticks, the Kang brothers are in for another culinary misadventure in The Story of Noodles by Ying Chang Compestine, illus. by YongSheng Xuan. When they fool around instead of following their mother's instructions on making dumplings for the village cooking contest, they inadvertently invent a new food. A recipe for sauce and author's note on the history of noodles close the volume. <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # The Curse of the Knives
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Lemuel L. DeBra
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  Blue Book,
  
  
  _ July, 1923 _
  
  
    
  Strange ideas, these Chinese have—as witness this tense little drama
  
  
  by the author of “Ways That Are Wary,” “Border Intrigue” and many other
  
  
  well-liked stories.
  
  
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  WE had finished our _Chow Heung Sen Gai Mein,_ which I had found
  
  
  not so good as usual, the noodles being fried too brown, and the
  
  
  onions, which I do not like, being more plentiful than the mushrooms
  
  
  and bamboo shoots, which I like very much. My good friend Chen Wan had
  
  
  ordered more of his favorite Water Fairy tea and set out cigarettes. I
  
  
  remember noting his slender, well-shaped hand as he took a match from
  
  
  his silver case. I saw his hand poised to strike the match.
  
  
  The main dining-room of this Chinese restaurant, where we were taking
  
  
  our evening meal, was on the