Ten Restaurants That Changed America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781631494987)

Combining an historian's rigor with a food enthusiast's palate, Paul Freedman's seminal and highly entertaining Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco's fabled Mandarin; evoking the poignant nostalgia of Howard Johnson's, the beloved roadside chain that foreshadowed the pandemic of McDonald's; or chronicling the convivial lunchtime crowd at Schrafft's, the first dining establishment to cater to women's tastes, Freedman uses each restaurant to reveal a wider story of race and class, immigration and assimilation. "As much about the contradictions and contrasts in this country as it is about its places to eat" (The New Yorker), Ten Restaurants That Changed America is a "must-read" (Eater) that proves "essential for anyone who cares about where they go to dinner" (Wall Street Journal Magazine).

Author: Paul Freedman
ISBN-10: 1631494988
ISBN-13: 9781631494987
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2018
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.00w x 1.40d