New York City by Andrew F. Smith - 9781442227125

New York CityA Food Biography\nAuthor(s): Andrew F. Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781442227125, 978-1442227125\nSynopsis\nNew York Citys first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis. Its cuisine has developed as a lively potluck supper, where discrete culinary traditions have survived, thrived, and interacted. For almost 400 years New Yorks culinary influence has been felt in other cities and communities worldwide. New Yorks restaurants, such as Delmonicos, created and sustained haute cuisine in this country. Grocery stores and supermarkets that were launched here became models for national food distribution. More cookbooks have been published in New York than in all other American cities combined. Foreign and fancy foods, including hamburgers, pizza, hot dogs, Waldorf salad, and baked Alaska, were int.