by Tom Fitzmorris From the publisher: Tom Fitzmorris is uniquely qualified to write about the food of New Orleans. Born in the Crescent City on Mardi Gras, he has been […]
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On the Town in New York: The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution
by Michael Batterberry and Ariane Batterberry From the publisher: A nostalgic look at some of the notable eating and drinking establishments and their celebrated clientele, such sites as Brodie’s, Delmonico’s, […]
Appetite City: a history of New York dining culture
by William Grimes From the publisher: New York is the greatest restaurant city the world has ever seen. In Appetite City, the former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes leads us […]
Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover’s Companion to New York City
edited by Andrew F. Smith From the publisher: Most comprehensive reference work on the the history of NYC food and drink, with approximately 570 entries Edited by Andrew F. Smith, […]
New Orleans Coffee: A Rich History
by Suzanne Stone with contributions from David Feldman From the publisher: New Orleans history is steeped in coffee. Outside the Cathedral of St. Louis in Jackson Square, early entrepreneurs like […]
Asheville Food: A History of High Country Cuisine
by Rick McDaniel From the publisher: Thirty years ago, the mountain city of Asheville was known for little more than the Biltmore Estate. Since then, the sleepy town has become […]
Urban Appetites: Food and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York
by Cindy R. Lobel From the publisher: Glossy magazines write about them, celebrities give their names to them, and you’d better believe there’s an app (or ten) committed to finding […]
Kansas City: A Food Biography
by Andrea L. Broomfield From the publisher: While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest […]
Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York
by Joy Santlofer From the publisher: A 2017 James Beard Award Nominee: From the breweries of New Amsterdam to Brooklyn’s Sweet’n Low, a vibrant account of four centuries of food production […]
97 Orchard: a book about immigrant diets in New York’s Lower East Side
by Jane Ziegelman From the publisher: 97 Orchard is a richly detailed investigation of the lives and culinary habits—shopping, cooking, and eating—of five families of various ethnicities living at the turn of […]