Appetite city
Subtitle: a culinary history of New York
By: William Grimes.
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780865476929
Subjects: Food habits -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Food -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; Cookery -- New York (State) -- New York
Description: A history of New York's restaurant scene traces its progression from chophouses and oyster saloons to a mecca of sophisticated establishments, exploring the ways in which gender and class play a role in how people eat and how restaurants reflect larger political and social forces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The city without a restaurant; title: From field to market : the New York feast; title: New York on the half shell; title: A little restaurant and how it grew : the Delmonico's story; title: New York becomes a restaurant city; title: The melting pot; title: The dawn of the golden age; title: The birth of Times Square; title: The party that never stopped; title: The future is now; title: Decline and fall; title: The restaurant gets small; title: France reclaims Manhattan; title: The Baum years; title: California comes calling; title: With knife and fork in New York.