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Ten restaurants that changed America, Paul Freedman ; introduction by Danny Meyer

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Ten restaurants that changed America, Paul Freedman ; introduction by Danny Meyer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ten restaurants that changed America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Paul Freedman ; introduction by Danny Meyer

Summary

Freedman reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco's fabled The Mandarin or evoking the richness of Italian food through Mamma Leone's, he uses each restaurant to tell a wider story of race and class, immigration and assimilation

Table Of Contents

Ten restaurants and American cuisine -- Delmonico's : America's first restaurant -- Antoine's : haute creole -- Schrafft's : seeking out the female customer -- Howard Johnson's : as American as fried clams -- Mamma Leone's : Italian entertainment -- The Mandarin : "the best Chinese food east of the Pacific" -- Sylvia's : the soul of Harlem -- Le Pavillon : midcentury French -- Four Seasons : the epitome of modern -- Chez Panisse : "the way we eat now" -- Epilogue

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10 restaurants that changed America

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