{"product_id":"9781631494987","title":"Ten Restaurants That Changed America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the IACP Cookbook Award\u003cbr\u003e  A \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e  A \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e Best Food Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e  Longlisted for the Art of Eating Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing a new chapter on ten restaurants changing America today, a “fascinating . . . sweep through centuries of food culture” (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Combining an historian’s rigor with a food enthusiast’s palate, Paul Freedman’s seminal and highly entertaining \u003cem\u003eTen Restaurants That Changed America\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco’s fabled Mandarin; evoking the poignant nostalgia of Howard Johnson’s, the beloved roadside chain that foreshadowed the pandemic of McDonald’s; or chronicling the convivial lunchtime crowd at Schrafft’s, the first dining establishment to cater to women’s tastes, Freedman uses each restaurant to reveal a wider story of race and class, immigration and assimilation. “As much about the contradictions and contrasts in this country as it is about its places to eat” (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eTen Restaurants That Changed America\u003c\/em\u003e is a “must-read” (\u003cem\u003eEater\u003c\/em\u003e) that proves “essential for anyone who cares about where they go to dinner” (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e).","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048160280816,"sku":"9781631494987","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631494987_p0.jpg?v=1763672193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631494987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}