
Gastropolis: Food and New York City - Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History (Paperback)
Annie Hauck-Lawson (author), Jonathan Deutsch (author), Michael Lomonaco (foreword)
£17.99
Paperback
368 Pages /
Published: 03/08/2010
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Whether you're digging into a slice of cherry cheesecake, burning your tongue on a piece of fiery Jamaican jerk chicken, or slurping the broth from a juicy soup dumpling, eating in New York City is a culinary adventure unlike any other in the world. An irresistible sampling of the city's rich food heritage, Gastropolis explores the personal and historical relationship between New Yorkers and food. Beginning with the origins of cuisine combinations, such as Mt. Olympus bagels and Puerto Rican lasagna, the book describes the nature of food and drink before the arrival of Europeans in 1624 and offers a history of early farming practices. Essays trace the function of place and memory in Asian cuisine, the rise of Jewish food icons, the evolution of food enterprises in Harlem, the relationship between restaurant dining and identity, and the role of peddlers and markets in guiding the ingredients of our meals. They share spice-scented recollections of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, and colorful vignettes of the avant-garde chefs, entrepreneurs, and patrons who continue to influence the way New Yorkers eat.
Touching on everything from religion, nutrition, and agriculture to economics, politics, and psychology, Gastropolis tells a story of immigration, amalgamation, and assimilation. This rich interplay between tradition and change, individual and society, and identity and community could happen only in New York.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231136525
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 630 g
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 23 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
While New York may be the subject of more food writing than any other site in the United States, this volume will surprise, enchant, and enlighten. The collection shines. -- Frederick Kaufman, author of A Short History of the American Stomach Gastropolis is a fun read, specifically for those who have watched their culture rise and blossom in this great variegated city. Eats.com A veritable feast. -- Sam Roberts New York Times Gastropolis is a piled-high-to-bursting buffet, where emotionally charged memoirs of childhood meals are served up alongside highly detailed academic articles...enriching and illuminating. Gastronomica
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