Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mamdouh's 2008 book The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization chronicles the tale of organizing, financing, structuring, opening, and restructuring Colors Restaurant in New York City. Dramas include losing deposits to shady real estate deals, visiting Italian cooperatives to court investment, debating whether attendance at protests earned sweat equity, and fending off a dissident faction that picketed the new cooperative's fundraising dinners.