97 Orchard

<p><strong>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 <em>The Island at the Center of the World </em></strong></p><p><em>97 Orchard</em> is a richly detailed investigation of the lives and culinary habits--shopping cooking and eating--of five families of various ethnicities living at the turn of the twentieth century in one tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. With 40 recipes included <em>97 Orchard</em> is perfect for fans of Rachel Ray's <em>Hometown Eats</em>; anyone interested in the history of how immigrant food became American food; and foodies of every stripe.</p>