An edition of Appetite city: a culinary history of New York (2009)

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An edition of Appetite city: a culinary history of New York (2009)

Appetite city

a culinary history of New York

by

  • 6 Want to read

A history of New York's restaurant scene traces its progression from chophouses and oyster saloons to a mecca of sophisticated establishments, exploring the ways in which gender and class play a role in how people eat and how restaurants reflect larger political and social forces.

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North Point Press
Language
English
Pages
368

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Subjects

Food Food habits Cooking Social aspects of Food Cookery History Cooking, american, new york (state) New york (n.y.), history Social aspects

Places

New York (State) New York
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Cover of: Appetite City
Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York
Sep 28, 2010, North Point Press
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Cover of: Appetite city
Appetite city: a culinary history of New York
2009, North Point Press
in English
Cover of: Appetite city
Appetite city: a culinary history of New York
2009, North Point Press
in English
Cover of: Appetite City
Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York
Oct 13, 2009, North Point Press
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Table of Contents

The city without a restaurant
From field to market : the New York feast
New York on the half shell
A little restaurant and how it grew : the Delmonico's story
New York becomes a restaurant city
The melting pot
The dawn of the golden age
The birth of Times Square
The party that never stopped
The future is now
Decline and fall
The restaurant gets small
France reclaims Manhattan
The Baum years
California comes calling
With knife and fork in New York.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
394.1/209747
Library of Congress
GT2853.U5 G75 2009, GT2853.U5G75 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
368

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22843474M
ISBN 10
0865476926
ISBN 13
9780865476929
LCCN
2008054288
OCLC/WorldCat
294902728
LibraryThing
8909279
Goodreads
6801010

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL13691831W

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