The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Spiral Bound)
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Spiral Bound)
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index. Biographical Note: Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award--winning author of Cod: A Biography of...
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Marc Notes: -Alice Waters "Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down." -Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea Praise for Mark Kurlansky 1968: The Year That Rocked the World "Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous." -The Boston Globe Salt: A World History "Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative." -San Francisco Chronicle Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World "This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history." -The New York Times Book Review Reading Line: National bestseller; Author of Cod and Salt [quote]--The New York Times Publisher Marketing: "Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining." -The New York Times "A small pearl of a book . . . a great tale of the growth of a modern city as seen through the rise and fall of the lowly oyster." -Rocky Mountain News Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants-the oyster. For centuries New York was famous for this particular shellfish, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's life that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for all classes, and a natural filtration system for the city's congested waterways. Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight-along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos-this dynamic narrative sweeps readers from the seventeenth-century founding of New York to the death of its oyster beds and the rise of America's environmentalist movement, from the oyster cellars of the rough-and-tumble Five Points slums to Manhattan's Gilded Age dining chambers. With The Big Oyster, Mark Kurlansky serves up history at its most engrossing, entertaining, and delicious. "Suffused with [Kurlansky's] pleasure in exploring the city across ground that hasn't already been covered with other writers' footprints." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Fascinating stuff . . . [Kurlansky] has a keen eye for odd facts and natural detail." - The Wall Street Journal "Kurlansky packs his breezy book with terrific anecdotes." - Entertainment Weekly "Magnificent . . . a towering accomplishment." - Associated Press Review Citations:
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Author: Kurlansky, Mark
Publisher: Random House Trade
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: January 09, 2007
BISAC: History|United States|State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)|History|Social History|Cooking|Specific Ingredients|Fish & Seafood|History|United States|19th Century|Cooking|History
Subjects: Cooking|Oysters|New York (State)|New York
ISBN: 9780345476395
ASIN: 1637999801ISBN
SKU: SP-9780345476395
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