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Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History

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Through the years, Boston has been one of The us’s leading laboratories of urban culture, including restaurants, and Boston history provides valuable insights into American food ways. James C. O’Connell, in this fascinating have a look at more than two centuries of culinary trends in Boston restaurants, presents a wealthy and hitherto unexplored side to the city’s past. Dining Out in Boston shows that the city was once a pioneer in elaborate hotel dining, oyster houses, French cuisine, student hangouts, ice cream parlors, the twentieth-century revival of traditional New England dishes, and latest locavore and trendy foodie culture. In these stories of the most-beloved Boston restaurants of the day prior to this and as of late—illustrated with an extensive number of historic menus, postcards, and photos—O’Connell reveals a unique history sure to whet the intellectual and nostalgic appetite of Bostonians and restaurant-goers across the world.

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