Jane Ziegelman: 2 books
97 Orchard
An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
“Social history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrative of New York’s immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family...
A Square Meal
A Culinary History of the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner
From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation has ever faced—the Great Depression—and how it transformed America’s culinary culture.
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