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Author
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Iowa History one plate at a time... With Italian steakhouses, the Younkers Tea Room and Stella's Blue Sky Diner, Des Moines's culinary history is tantalizingly diverse. It's filled with colorful characters like bootlegger/'millionaire bus boy' Babe Bisignano, a buxom bar owner named Ruthie and future president of the United States Ronald Reagan. The savory details reveal deeper stories of race relations, women's rights, Iowa Caucus politics, the...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Millions of people have, at some point in their lives, waited tables. Some only did it in college, or got out by sheer determination, good luck . . . or suicide. Others took it on as permanent employment. And many remain haunted by nightmare scenarios where they are the sole server in a restaurant packed with complaining patrons. For all those disenchanted current and former food service employees, Darron Cardosa has your back. His career began at...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For the last 100 years, Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been slinging some of the world's greatest dim sum from New York's Chinatown. Now owner Wilson Tang tells the story of how the restaurant came to be-and how to prepare their legendary dishes in your own home"--
"Tucked into a crook of Doyers Street in New York City's Chinatown, Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been serving some of the world's greatest dim sum for a hundred years. Here are the century-old secrets...
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