New York City : a food biography / Andrew F. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Andrew F., 1946-

Contributor:

James Samuel Blank Fund.

Series:

Big city food biographies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--New York (State)--New York--History.

Food.

Food habits--New York (State)--New York--History.

Food habits.

Food industry and trade--New York (State)--New York--History.

Food industry and trade.

International cooking--History.

International cooking.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--History.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]

Summary:

New York City's first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis. Its cuisine has developed as a lively potluck supper, where discrete culinary traditions have survived, thrived, and interacted. For almost four hundred years New York's culinary influence has been felt in other cities and communities worldwide. New York's restaurants, such as Delmonico's, created and sustained haute cuisine in this country. Grocery stores and supermarkets that were launched here became models for national food distribution. More cookbooks have been published in New York than in all other American cities combined. Foreign and "fancy" foods, including hamburgers, pizza, hot dogs, Waldorf salad, and baked Alaska, were introduced to Americans through New York's colorful street vendors, cooks, and restaurateurs. As Andrew F. Smith shows here, the city's ever-changing culinary life continues to fascinate and satiate both natives and visitors. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Material Resources: Land, Water, and Air 1

Chapter 2 From Colonization to the Present 9

Chapter 3 A Culinary Stew: Immigrants and Their Food 39

Chapter 4 From Garden to Grocery: A Tour of Markets, Vendors, and Other Food Sellers 71

Chapter 5 Drinking in the City 95

Chapter 6 Eateries 119

Chapter 7 Historic Cookbooks, Dishes, and Recipes 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.

ISBN:

1442227125

OCLC:

882619417

Publisher Number:

99959142848