Ten Restaurants That Changed America
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.64 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871406802 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paul Freedman is a history professor at Yale University. The editor of the ICP Award–winning Food: The History of Taste and the author of Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination, he lives in Pelham, New York.
Chaplin, professor of early American history, Harvard University)“Spanning over 100 years, Paul Freedman’s engrossing and well-researched exploration of the restaurant as an American institution presents us with a gallery of unforgettable characters, iconic dishes, and unique places. “Eminently readable.In a narrative that is intellectually delicious, Freedman presents a new way of thinking about ‘you are what you eat.’ This will appeal widely, engaging readers with both a casual or scholarly interest in food history and its influence on American culture in the late 19th and 20th centuries.” (Courtney McDonald - Library Journal)“The most i
Lavishly designed with more than 100 photographs and images, including original menus, Ten Restaurants That Changed America is a significant and highly entertaining social history. From Delmonico’s to Sylvia’s to Chez Panisse, a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurants. Combining a historian’s rigor with a foodie ’s palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Freedman also treats us to a scintillating history of the then-revolutionary Schrafft’s, a chain of convivial lunch spots that catered to women, and that bygone favorite, Howard Johnson’s, which pioneered midcentury, on-the-road dining, only to be swept aside by McDonald's. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco’s fabled The Mandarin, evoking the richness of Italian food through Mamma Leone’s, or chronicling the rise and fall of French haute cuisine through Henri Soulé’s Le Pavillon, food historian Paul Freedman uses each restaurant to tell a wider story of race and class, immigration and assimilation. 95 images
If You Read Restaurant Reviews, Read This Book HightowerAES This is a good read for anyone interested in American restaurants, particularly the restaurants that shaped our eating habits. The history of the restaurants follows the history of our habits. Includes sample menus that wll make you hungry.. ) My thanks to the author for an amazing amount of research made so interesting I got this book because of how much I appreciated professor Freedman's "Open Yale" course on the early middle ages. He organized a lot of information and made it interesting. He did the same with this book. It has insight into history, social trends, the business of running a restaurant, and, of course, a lot about food. I read it on my Kindle. I think I missed some of the detail from the me. awesome and interesting book, new insights and perspectives. hardcover has many terrific /w vintage photos. awesome and interesting book, new insights and perspectives. hardcover has many terrific /w vintage photos. terrific gift for the foodie in your life (or in you).