The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City

by Simone Cinotto

Book Overview

Best Food Book of 2014 by The Atlantic

Looking at the historic Italian American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants and their children. From generational conflicts resolved around the family table to a vibrant food-based economy of ethnic producers, importers, and restaurateurs, food...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252079345
• ISBN13: 9780252079344
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"