Ten Restaurants That Changed America

Paul Freedman (Yale University)

Ten Restaurants That Changed America
Format
Paperback
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Country
United States
Published
20 November 2018
Pages
560
ISBN
9781631494987

Ten Restaurants That Changed America

Paul Freedman (Yale University)

Combining an historian’s rigor with a food enthusiast’s palate, Paul Freedman’s seminal and highly entertaining Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco’s fabled Mandarin; evoking the poignant nostalgia of Howard Johnson’s, the beloved roadside chain that foreshadowed the pandemic of McDonald’s; or chronicling the convivial lunchtime crowd at Schrafft’s, the first dining establishment to cater to women’s tastes, Freedman uses each restaurant to reveal a wider story of race and class, immigration and assimilation. As much about the contradictions and contrasts in this country as it is about its places to eat (The New Yorker), Ten Restaurants That Changed America is a must-read (Eater) that proves essential for anyone who cares about where they go to dinner (Wall Street Journal Magazine).

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