Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York

Nonfiction, Food & Drink, Food Writing, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York by Joy Santlofer, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Joy Santlofer ISBN: 9780393241365
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: November 1, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Joy Santlofer
ISBN: 9780393241365
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: November 1, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

A 2017 James Beard Award Nominee: From the breweries of New Amsterdam to Brooklyn’s Sweet’n Low, a vibrant account of four centuries of food production in New York City.

New York is hailed as one of the world’s “food capitals,” but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence on America and the world by driving innovations in machinery and transportation, shaping international trade, and feeding sailors and soldiers at war. Immigrant ingenuity re-created Old World flavors and spawned such familiar brands as Thomas’ English Muffins, Hebrew National, Twizzlers, and Ronzoni macaroni.

Food historian Joy Santlofer re-creates the texture of everyday life in a growing metropolis—the sound of stampeding cattle, the smell of burning bone for char, and the taste of novelties such as chocolate-covered matzoh and Chiclets. With an eye-opening focus on bread, sugar, drink, and meat, Food City recovers the fruitful tradition behind today’s local brewers and confectioners, recounting how food shaped a city and a nation.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A 2017 James Beard Award Nominee: From the breweries of New Amsterdam to Brooklyn’s Sweet’n Low, a vibrant account of four centuries of food production in New York City.

New York is hailed as one of the world’s “food capitals,” but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence on America and the world by driving innovations in machinery and transportation, shaping international trade, and feeding sailors and soldiers at war. Immigrant ingenuity re-created Old World flavors and spawned such familiar brands as Thomas’ English Muffins, Hebrew National, Twizzlers, and Ronzoni macaroni.

Food historian Joy Santlofer re-creates the texture of everyday life in a growing metropolis—the sound of stampeding cattle, the smell of burning bone for char, and the taste of novelties such as chocolate-covered matzoh and Chiclets. With an eye-opening focus on bread, sugar, drink, and meat, Food City recovers the fruitful tradition behind today’s local brewers and confectioners, recounting how food shaped a city and a nation.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Bellow's People: How Saul Bellow Made Life Into Art by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Joy in the Morning by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Identity and the Life Cycle by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Bride of New France: A Novel by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Porno by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World (Norton Global Ethics Series) by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book The Nightingales of Troy: Connected Stories by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book The Truelove (Vol. Book 15) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book Nothing Happened and Then It Did: A Chronicle in Fact and Fiction by Joy Santlofer
Cover of the book American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 by Joy Santlofer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy