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Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York
Joy Santlofer
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Description for Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York
Hardcover. From the breweries of New Amsterdam to Brooklyn's Sweet'n Low, an account of four centuries of food production in New York City. Num Pages: 480 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 728.
New York is hailed as one of the world's food capitals but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence on America and the world by driving innovations in machinery and transportation and shaping international trade. Immigrant ingenuity re-created Old World flavours and spawned familiar brands. Food historian Joy Santlofer re-creates the texture of everyday life in a growing metropolis. With an eye-opening focus on bread, sugar, drink and meat, Food City recovers the ... Read more
New York is hailed as one of the world's food capitals but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence on America and the world by driving innovations in machinery and transportation and shaping international trade. Immigrant ingenuity re-created Old World flavours and spawned familiar brands. Food historian Joy Santlofer re-creates the texture of everyday life in a growing metropolis. With an eye-opening focus on bread, sugar, drink and meat, Food City recovers the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
728g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393076394
SKU
V9780393076394
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joy Santlofer
Joy Santlofer was the editor-in-chief of NY FoodStory and taught in the New York University Food Studies program. Her husband, Jonathan Santlofer, a best-selling novelist, and her daughter Doria live in New York City.
Reviews for Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York
... a remarkable collection of interviews from the people who make New York the culinary capital of the world... an engaging history of how New Yorkers have fed themselves-and the rest of the continent.
Erica Wagner - Financial Times
Erica Wagner - Financial Times