ARGONAUT BOOKS

Revealing four centuries of culinary evolution and food trends in New York city, this book is also an economic history, examining the impact of transportation innovations - the Erie Canal, the railroad, and clipper ship - that changed urban living and also accounted for the growth of oyster trade. Reviews Kurlansky's great ability is to chose a single element as a prism through which to view the development or degeneration of culture; in this book he takes his readers from the 16th century to the present day, encompassing biology, commerce, the politics of race, history,...Read More