A little something from a journey to find the story of American Chinese food.
You can find my comments about this book as well as a link to an indepth review here.
According to Webster
la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\Function: noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
