MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 130909s2013 scuaf 000 0 eng
010 $a 2013036548
020 $a9781626191266 (pbk.)
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100 1 $aDeFerrari, John.
245 10 $aHistoric restaurants of Washington, D.C. :$bcapital eats /$cJohn DeFerrari.
260 $aCharleston, SC :$bAmerican Palate,$c2013.
300 $a222 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aFrom taverns to restaurants -- Culinary triumvirate: oysters, diamondback terrapin and canvasback duck -- On Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere in the nineteenth century -- The exclusive dining rooms of the great hotels -- The lasting legacy of Washington's tearooms and inns -- Prohibition and the supper club era, 1920/1950 -- Black Washington's restaurants -- On the waterfront -- Legendary D.C. lunchrooms and diners -- Power lunches and dinners -- Chinatown and Chinese restaurants -- The twentieth-century transformation of haute cuisine -- Italian restaurants in Washington: from macaroni to alta cucina -- A cosmopolitan dining destination.
520 $a"A culinary history of Washington, D.C. and its restaurants"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aRestaurants$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory.
650 7 $aCOOKING / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781626191266.jpg