“The author, a former reporter for the Washington Post, has employed her skills as a writer and journalist to pull off a rather impressive feat: She has used food to chart the city’s evolution, and to argue that it owes its greatness as an international crossroads, particularly in its early years, as much to food as to industry or culture.” –The Wall Street Journal
“The author, a former reporter for the Washington Post, has employed her skills as a writer and journalist to pull off a rather impressive feat: She has used food to chart the city’s evolution, and to argue that it owes its greatness as an international crossroads, particularly in its early years, as much to food as to industry or culture.” –The Wall Street Journal
read more“She discovered ‘an unseen city of thriving food production,’ hiding not only deep in the boroughs but also buried in the archives.” –The New York Times
“She discovered ‘an unseen city of thriving food production,’ hiding not only deep in the boroughs but also buried in the archives.” –The New York Times
read more“Straightforward, but not overly earnest, and smartly layered, this well-researched social history is organized in seven chapters ordered like the courses of a meal, each of which bears a title such as ‘Honey,’ ‘Meat,’ and ‘Wine.'” –The Boston Globe
“Straightforward, but not overly earnest, and smartly layered, this well-researched social history is organized in seven chapters ordered like the courses of a meal, each of which bears a title such as ‘Honey,’ ‘Meat,’ and ‘Wine.'” –The Boston Globe
read more“Shulman connects the city’s past to its present by contrasting what was then with now.” –The New York Daily News
“Shulman connects the city’s past to its present by contrasting what was then with now.” –The New York Daily News
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