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The culinarians : lives and careers from the first age of American fine dining / David S. Shields.

By: Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017Copyright date: 2017Description: xi, 564 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226406893 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.5092 23
LOC classification:
  • TX649.A1 S54 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- The first era, 1790 to 1835: the restaurant, the coffeehouse, and the oyster cellar -- The second era, 1835 to 1865: the great hotel, the saloon, and the black caterer -- The third era, 1865 to 1885: the French hegemony and the nationalist reaction -- The gilded age, 1885 to 1919: fame and the master chef.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TX649 .A1 S54 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001452670

"A biographical reference book about two hundred of the most influential cooks and restaurateurs from 1790 to 1919"--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- The first era, 1790 to 1835: the restaurant, the coffeehouse, and the oyster cellar -- The second era, 1835 to 1865: the great hotel, the saloon, and the black caterer -- The third era, 1865 to 1885: the French hegemony and the nationalist reaction -- The gilded age, 1885 to 1919: fame and the master chef.

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