The great New Zealand pie cart
By: by Lindsay Neill, Claudia Bell & Ted Bryant
Contributors: Bell, Claudia, Ph. D.; Bryant, Ted
Publisher: Hodder Moa
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781869711450
Subjects: Food habits; History; Vending stands; Food service
Other titles: Pie cart
Description: Pie carts are a much-loved kiwi institution. In the 1950s and 1960s, in the days of the six o'clock swill and long before the advent of sophisticated cafe culture, where else could you be assured of a hot feed and a warm welcome, in any sizable New Zealand town? Colourful characters gathered around the cart, enjoying the company and the hot food. The menus were small and the food basic - but this was part of the appeal. Nothing fancy: just pies and sauce, sausages, maybe oysters in season, eventually burgers, sometimes chips. The carts remained popular throughout the 1970s, but are now an endangered species, gradually disappearing as the range of dining options have multiplied in every metropolis. The authors have travelled the country to capture the pie cart stories, before they become extinct. Illustrated with an extensive selection of photographs and graphics, this book is a warm tribute to the owners and operators of those quirky fixtures dotted around the country: the glorious pie carts. Includes Auckland's White Lady.
Table of contents: title: One size fits all, Kawakawa; title: 22,000 opening nights, Auckland; title: Pie cart stars, Hamilton; title: The family heirloom, Tokoroa; title: Looking pretty spiffy, Ruatoria; title: Ping's, pride of the west, New Plymouth; title: A capital cart, Wellington; title: The bee's knees, Motueka; title: The biggest appetite, Greymouth; title: Giant whitebait sammies, Jackson Bay; title: Knowing how the city ticks, Christchurch; title: Oysters and mutton birds, Ashburton; title: Poetic patrons, Oamaru; title: A dozen eggs with that, Alexandra; title: Cackleberries and grunt, Dunedin; title: Oyster season, rugby season, Gore; title: Customer of the season, Stewart Island.