This lovely essay collection was one of my favorite books of the year
“This lovely essay collection was one of my favorite books of the year: Elegant, fascinating stories about New York’s culinary geography with rich portraits of the people – past and present – who have taken part in its food production…Such a pleasure to read.” —Village Voice, a Best Food Book of 2012
read moreA buzzing, savory, lively world comes to life in Robin Shulman’s…
“A buzzing, savory, lively world comes to life in Robin Shulman’s extensively researched ‘Eat the City’…The book provides what’s missing from much of the breathless media coverage of New York’s modern food artisans: culinary context…That’s history made delicious.” -Washington Post
read more“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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