This delicious saga of how Immigrant food became American food follows European immigrants on a remarkable journey from the Ellis Island dining hall to tiny Tenement kitchens, from Lower East Side pushcart markets and delicatessens out into the wider world of American cuisine.
With 40 recipes included, 97 Orchard is perfect for fans of Rachel Ray\'s Hometown Eats ; anyone interested in the History of how Immigrant food became American food; and foodies of every stripe.. -- Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World 97 Orchard is a richly detailed investigation of the lives and culinary habits--shopping, cooking, and eating--of Five Families of various ethnicities living at the turn of the twentieth century in one Tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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 gathering round.
Social History is, most elementally, food history.
This delicious saga of how Immigrant food became American food follows European immigrants on a remarkable journey from the Ellis Island dining hall to tiny Tenement kitchens, from Lower East Side pushcart markets and delicatessens out into the wider world of American cuisine
