97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement

by Jane Ziegelman

Book Overview

"Social history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrative of New York's immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family gathering round." -- Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World

97 Orchard is a richly detailed investigation of the lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061288519
• ISBN13: 9780061288517
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"