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Arthur Schwartz's New York City Food: An Opinionated History and More Than 100 Legendary Recipes
Arthur Schwartz's New York City Food An Opinionated History and More Than 100 Legendary Recipes Author:Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz is the Big Apple�s official foodie-about-town, a fellow who has fork-and-knived his way through the five boroughs. He knows his knish from his kasha, his bok choy from his bruschetta, his falafel from his frittata. And in Arthur Schwartz�s New York City Food, which won the IACP Award for Cookbook of the Year in 2005, he sh... more »ared his gastronomic expertise, chronicling the city�s culinary history from its Dutch colonial start to its current status as the multicultural food capital of the world. The affordable new paperback edition is chock-full of the same fascinating lore, along with 160 recipes for American classics that either originated or were perfected in New York: Manhattan Clam Chowder, Eggs Benedict, Lindy�s cheesecake.
Throughout the book, Schwartz�s text is transporting, taking readers back to Delmonico�s, the Colony, and the Horn & Hardart Automats. Whether revealing how an obscure dish known as Omelet Surprise was transformed into the decidedly chichi dessert Baked Alaska; investigating why some Jewish restaurants came to be known as Roumanian steakhouses; or instructing readers on the way to bake a molten chocolate minicake worthy of Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Arthur Schwartz�s New York City Food is the ideal dining companion.« less