Food city : four centuries of food-making in New York / Joy Santlofer ; foreword by Marion Nestle.

ISBN:

9780393076394

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Author:

Santlofer, Joy, author.

Personal Author:

Santlofer, Joy, author.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

xix, 459 pages ; 22 cm.

Contents:

I. APPETITE -- 1. Dutch Tastes -- 2. English Appetites -- 3. Toward Independence -- 4. Food On Parade -- II.BREAD -- 5. The Dark Prophecy Of Adam Smith -- 6. "The Big Ditch" -- 7. War Boom -- 8. The Age Of Incorporation -- 9. Dirty Bread -- 10. Clean Bread -- 11. "Among Great Industries..." -- 12. "Brother, Can You Spare A Doughnut?" -- 13. Exodus -- III. SUGAR -- 14. The Headless Helmsman -- 15. Candy Gets Technical -- 16. Bone Char And Other "Nuisances" -- 17. War And Sugar -- 18. King Harry -- 19. Price War -- 20. "A Rotten Job" -- 21. Sweets In Sour Times -- 22. War, Rationing, And Yogurt -- 23. "Greatest Manufacturing Town On Earth" -- 24. Chemical And Other Challenges To Sugar -- 25. Candy On The Rocks -- 26. Closing Time -- 27. Departures And Arrivals -- IV. DRINK -- 28. Swill Milk -- 29. The Brady Bunch -- 30. The Lager Craze -- 31. Brewery Princess -- 32. The Thirsty Home Front -- 33. "City On A Still" -- 34. The Battle For Pasteurized Milk -- 35. Rolls-Royce Coffee --

Contents note continued: 36. Heavenly Coffee, Earthly Beer -- 37. Goodbye To All That -- V. MEAT -- 38. Manhattan Cattle Drive -- 39. Fooling Mrs. Eastman -- 40. The Militant -- 41. The Beef Trust -- 42. The Sausage Millionaires -- 43. From Depression To War -- 44. Cellophane Meat -- 45. The Specter Of Change -- 46. Kosher From Indiana? -- CONCLUSION: NEW FOOD CITY -- Bread -- Sugar -- Drink -- Meat -- Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay.

Subject Term:

Food industry and trade -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Food -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- History.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2017

Publication Information:

New York, NY

W.W. Norton & Company, Independent publishers since 1923,

[2017]

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New York is hailed as one of the world's "food capitals" but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence on America and the world by driving innovations in machinery and transportation and shaping international trade. Immigrant ingenuity re-created Old World flavours and spawned familiar brands.Food historian Joy Santlofer re-creates the texture of everyday life in a growing metropolis. With an eye-opening focus on bread, sugar, drink and meat, Food City recovers the fruitful tradition behind today's local brewers and confectioners, recounting how food shaped a city and a nation.

Author Notes

Joy Santlofer was the editor-in-chief of NY FoodStory and taught in the New York University Food Studies program.Her husband, Jonathan Santlofer, a best-selling novelist, and herdaughter Doria live in New York City.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

New York City, the mecca of finance, fashion, and musicals, has an earthier past as the world's greatest food-producing settlement, according to this sprawling history. The (now deceased) Santlofer, former New York University professor and editor-in-chief of NY FoodStory, surveys four centuries of food processing in New York, a typical Gotham tale of prodigies with piquant local flavorings. After the Erie Canal made the city the global outlet for Midwest agricultural bounty in the early 19th century, flour and hardtack made in New York fed the Union Army in the Civil War and much of Europe, vast herds of cattle and pigs were herded through the streets to reeking slaughterhouses near Times Square, Brooklyn and Manhattan refineries made most of the nation's sugar, and neighborhood kosher butchers, bakers, and Italian pasta-makers perfected immigrant delicacies that became American staples. This is an industrial saga: New York's food sector was capitalism's hideous underbelly, with 16-hour days, sweltering temperatures, periodic explosions, stomach-turning filth, and bitter strikes. But it also became one of capitalism's marvels as it pioneered giant mechanized factories with antiseptic cleanliness. The book rambles as if through a Delancey Street market, stopping often for colorful anecdotes; there's not much of a thesis, but Santlofer's vivid, lively exploration of this forgotten history makes for a great browse. Photos. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Marion Nestle

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
An Invitation to Food City	p. xv
I Appetite
1 Dutch Tastes	p. 3
2 English Appetites	p. 16
3 Toward Independence	p. 27
4 Food on Parade	p. 37
II Bread
5 The Dark Prophecy of Adam Smith	p. 47
6 "The Big Ditch"	p. 57
7 War Boom	p. 63
8 The Age Of-Incorporation	p. 75
9 Dirty Bread	p. 88
10 Clean Bread	p. 97
11 "Among Great Industries ..."	p. 108
12 "Brother, Can You Spare A Doughnut?"	p. 117
13 Exodus	p. 129
III Sugar
14 The Headless Helmsman	p. 139
15 Candy Gets Technical	p. 144
16 Bone Char and Other "Nuisances"	p. 148
17 War and Sugar	p. 155
18 King Harry	p. 163
19 Price War	p. 174
20 "A Rotten Job"	p. 180
21 Sweets in Sour Times	p. 190
22 War, Rationing, and Yogurt	p. 197
23 "Greatest Manufacturing Town on Earth"	p. 203
24 Chemical and Other Challenges to Sugar	p. 214
25 Candy on the Rocks	p. 221
26 Closing Time	p. 225
27 Departures and Arrivals	p. 229
IV Drink
28 Swill Milk	p. 239
29 The Brady Bunch	p. 245
30 The Lager Craze	p. 249
31 Brewery Princess	p. 255
32 The Thirsty Home Front	p. 260
33 "City on a Still"	p. 265
34 The Battle for Pasteurized Milk	p. 272
35 Rolls-Royce Coffee	p. 280
36 Heavenly Coffee, Earthly Beer	p. 287
37 Goodbye to All That	p. 295
V Meat
38 Manhattan Cattle Drive	p. 303
39 Fooling Mrs. Eastman	p. 310
40 The Militant	p. 315
41 The Beef Trust	p. 320
42 The Sausage Millionaires	p. 324
43 From Depression to War	p. 329
44 Cellophane Meat	p. 337
45 The Specter of Change	p. 340
46 Kosher From Indiana?	p. 344
Conclusion: New Food City
Bread	p. 349
Sugar	p. 355
Drink	p. 358
Meat	p. 364
Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay	p. 366
Notes	p. 369
Jacket Image Credits	p. 432
Illustration Credits	p. 433
Index	p. 435

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