Ten Restaurants That Changed America

Far more than simply a discussion of food, chefs and recipes, in Ten Restaurants That Changed America Paul Freedman creates a social history, examining how restaurants came to reflect class, gender, assimilation, mass consumption and culture in America.

Ranging from the 1830s and the New York Steak House Delmonico's-which Freedman identifies as the first real American restaurant-to the current flowering of avant-garde cuisine, each chapter looks at fashions for different types of food from turtle soup to Caesar Salad. Ten Restaurants That Changed America is a must read for serious foodies.

About the author

Paul Freedman is a history professor at Yale University. The author of the highly acclaimed Ten Restaurants That Changed America, Freedman lives in Pelham, New York.

 

Summary

A history of American culture as told through its eating habits and restaurants.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Freedman, Freedman Paul
• Assisted by: Meyer Danny (Introduction)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2016
• EAN: 9780871406804
• ISBN: 978-0-87140-680-4
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 244 mm x 46 mm
• Weight: 1282 g
• Illustrations: 95 images
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, COOKING / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, Cookery / food & drink etc, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Cookery / food and drink / food writing