“Social history is; most elementally; food history. 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.†— 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. 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.
#457268 in Books Harper Perennial 2012-05-29 2012-05-29Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.28 x 6.00l; 1.79 #File Name: 0061228605800 pages
Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Just get it already!By Mr. Bikes; Books; Music; Tech; StocksFull review coming later - I've only read a few chapters; and I could barely put the book down when I did. Sometimes when you read a huge history book; and you're not ready to tackle it all in one go (as I did with Roberts' Napoleon); you can simply pick chapters of interest for that sitting. This book shares amazing new insights on how Hitler came to power; and how the Allies won. Simply fantastic so far; from perhaps the best historian of our generation. Roberts has a keen way of flowing like a story yet remaining incisive. He covers so much; I cannot image the amount of research it takes to write a book like this. This book is worth the price alone if you only read the first and last chapters (well; the one towards the end on how.why the allies won). Highly recommended.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent one volume treatment of WWIIBy Narut UjnatI have read a number of books about World War II throughout the years on various topics. This book looked interesting as a one volume history of that horrific; but interesting conflict.The book is really very good. The narrative move rapidly. It is indeed interesting that paragraphs of history are the subject of multitudes of volumes; but then again this is less than a 1000 pages; so this is a good jumping point for more detailed treatment. However; the pleasure is reading through events which I thought I knew and still having Roberts reveal all manner of facts and figures I hadn't previously known.A pleasure (about a horrific topic).0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Data and Analysis with some new revelations for meBy Sam RandallThis book is a great read for folks interested the big picture with bits of the back story. The author does a good job of putting numerical statistics into comparative context so you can appreciate impact and consequence.The book focus is mostly on the European continent with significant Russian front analysis; which I feel was appropriate and informative. The efforts of the US are fairly comprehensive and contrasted well. The Pacific gets far less attention; and is not central.The author spends a lot of time on Hitler and comparing organizational structures of the Allies and the Axis powers which are very interesting and well done. Could almost be a separate book. Some of his conclusions are pressed a bit redundantly by the end.I did think that the book could have used another proof read as I often tripped over sentence structure. The frequent use of commas and dashes in long sentences required re-reads to track the subject. Once you get used to the authors style it's easier. It's non- fiction so don't expect elegant style.It's big and I got through it in less than two weeks so I definitely found it gripping.
