Historic restaurants of Washington, D.C.
Subtitle: capital eats
By: John DeFerrari
Publisher: American Palate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781626191266
Subjects: Restaurants; History; COOKING / General
Description: "A culinary history of Washington, D.C. and its restaurants"--
Table of contents: title: From taverns to restaurants; title: Culinary triumvirate: oysters, diamondback terrapin and canvasback duck; title: On Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere in the nineteenth century; title: The exclusive dining rooms of the great hotels; title: The lasting legacy of Washington's tearooms and inns; title: Prohibition and the supper club era, 1920/1950; title: Black Washington's restaurants; title: On the waterfront; title: Legendary D.C. lunchrooms and diners; title: Power lunches and dinners; title: Chinatown and Chinese restaurants; title: The twentieth-century transformation of haute cuisine; title: Italian restaurants in Washington: from macaroni to alta cucina; title: A cosmopolitan dining destination.