"You must be older than The Kitchen God's Wife to drink in this establishment."[fn1]

I don't remember exactly when Amy Tan became the celebrity author for my parents' crowd.  Sometime after the release of The Joy Luck Club, naturally, but honestly I can't say more precisely for sure.

fn1:  Precise date hard to ascertain:  I'm going by its first appearance on the Times best-seller list in the June 30th issue; the Tuesday before would have been the 25th.