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Gastropolis Food and New York City

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ISBN-10: 0231136536

ISBN-13: 9780231136532

Edition: 2008

Authors: Annie Hauck-Lawson, Jonathan Deutsch, Michael Lomonaco

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Whether you're digging into a slice of cherry cheesecake, burning your tongue on a fiery piece of Jamaican jerk chicken, or slurping the broth from a juicy soup dumpling, eating in New York City is a culinary adventure unlike any other in the world. Hosting the homeland flavors of more than two hundred countries, the city encourages a vibrant mix of communities and cultures that results in a smorgasbord of fusions and flavors. Cuban-Chinese restaurants, Russian banquet halls with sushi bars, Afghani restaurants that are both halal and kosher-these combinations would not be possible without New York's unparalleled cultural resources and the infinite inventiveness of its inhabitants.…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 7.56" wide x 10.20" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English

Jonathan Deutsch is an assistant professor and director of the Culinary Management Center in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York. He is the coeditor (with Annie Hauck-Lawson) ofGastropolis: Food and New York City. nbsp; Rachel D. Saks is a nutritionist and a graduate student at New York University. She works as a personal chef and cooking teacher.

Annie S. Hauck-Lawson is associate professor of foods and nutrition at Brooklyn College. Her scholarship is grounded in the food voice, a term she originated. As a research tool, the food voice looks at foodways as channels of communication that describe aspects of individual and group identity. She curated the foodways component of the 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival's New York City program and is a native Park Sloper whose life has revolved around food in New York. These days, with her family, she continues to live, work, study, and grow food in Brooklyn.Jonathan Deutsch a classically trained chef, is assistant professor and director of the Culinary Management Center in the Department…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
Fusion City: From
Places
The Lenapes: In Search of Pre-European Foodways in the Greater New York Region
The Food and Drink of New York from 1624 to 1898
Digging for Food in Early New York City Nan
My Little Town: A Brooklyn Girl's Food Voice
People
The Empire of Food: Place, Memory, and Asian "Ethnic Cuisines"
The Culinary Seasons of My Childhood
The Chefs, the Entrepreneurs, and Their Patrons: The Avant-Garde Food Scene in New York City
Chow Fun City: Three Centuries of Chinese Cuisine in New York City
Trade
Hawkers and Gawkers: Peddling and Markets in New York City
Asphalt Terroir
The Soul of a Store
Livin' la Vida Sabrosa: Savoring Latino New York
Symbols
Cosa Mangia Oggi
From the Big Bagel to the Big Roti? The Evolution of New York City's Jewish Food Icons
Cooking Up Heritage in Harlem
Eating Out, Eating American: New York Restaurant Dining and Identity
Hungry City
Contributors
Index