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Eat the City: A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Bee Keepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York
By Shulman, Robin
- ISBN
- 978-0-30771-190-8
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
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Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Home Economics
From the title, readers may expect a history of the food that has made the city of New York into a culinary Mecca. Instead, freelance writer Shulman shares the experience of the gritty gourmands who brewed beer in their kitchens, raised bees on their tenement rooftops, and grew vegetables on their fire escapes. Some chapters—such as the ones on sugar, beer, and fish—tell the story o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
