American Dish

In American Dish: 100 Recipes From Ten Delicious Decades, author Merrill Shindler, Zagat survey editor and popular culinary talk show host, takes us on a lighthearted, nostalgic and eminently edible journey through the Yankee Doodle dining habits of twentieth-century America. Throughout history, cuisine has been an indulgence for the rich and a bland necessity for the poor. At the start of the twentieth century the very act of eating -- along with sex, the most fundamental of human activities -- went through a radical reinterpretation. Hardcover 160pgs Cooking/History AMERICAN DISH is a delicious mix of recipes, American history and humor It's a collectible for food lovers of every ilk. An amusing and cleverly-designed cook/history book, this irresistible compendium captures every tasty morsel of the twentieth century.