"Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique-comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now. Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low culture, they're sports food, they're kids' food, they're...

Combining a historians rigor with a foodies palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America 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 Franciscos fabled The Mandarin, evoking the richness of Italian food through Mamma Leones, or chronicling the rise and fall of French haute cuisine through Henri Soulés Le Pavillon, food...

"Versions of beloved dishes from Olive Garden, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Rib Shack, Arbys', Applebee's, The Cheesecake Factory, Chick-Fil-A and more are featured in this exciting cookbook. Keep these famous foods at your fingertips with Taste of Home Copycat Favorites, Volume 2!"-- Mix up your dinner routine without spending extra money, making a reservation, or leaving home! The staff at Taste of Home bring America's most popular menu items to your...

All the must-eat recipes from the most popular and influential restaurants across the country, brought to you by Hillary Dixler Canavan, the restaurant editor of the food and dining culture brand Eater and its dedicated team of experts. Eater's dedicated team of on-the-ground experts live to drink, dine, and let you know what's great, and the leading media brand's debut cookbook includes the dishes that diners can't stop thinking about, from the chefs...

"Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry s largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger...

"A comprehensive, encyclopedic look at the restaurants and other eateries that catered to travelers along US Highway 66, with entries arranged geographically by state from Illinois to California. Each entry includes how the business began, what food it served, and how it changed over time. The book also notes the particular travails that African Americans faced in traveling Route 66 across the decades of segregation. Includes twenty recipes from the...

Acclaimed “chef writer” Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes that come together in a single restaurant dish, creating an entertaining, vivid snapshot of the contemporary restaurant community, modern farming industry, and food-supply chain.

"First published in 1977, the original Roadfood became an instant classic. James Beard said, 'This is a book that you should carry with you, no matter where you are going in these United States. It's a treasure house of information.' The 40th anniversary edition of Roadfood includes 1,000 of America's best local eateries along highways and back roads, with nearly 200 new listings, as well as a brand new design. Filled with enticing alternatives for...

A history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and 1980s, from the pioneers behind Chez Panisse, Spago, and other landmarks to the young cooks like Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, and Bobby Flay who went on to become household names. Told through the perspectives not only of the pioneering chefs but also of line cooks, front-of-house personnel, investors, and critics who had front-row seats to this extraordinary transformation....