$45.68
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2007
Summary
From the bestselling author of Salt and Cod comes a fascinating history of New York and the oyster – its influence on four centuries of cultural, economic, and culinary trends – with recipes throughout.
When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626, he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099477594 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099477599 |
| Author: | Mark Kurlansky |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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Kurlansky’s great ability is to chose a single element as a prism through which to view the development or degeneration of culture; in this book he takes his readers from the 16th century to the present day, encompassing biology, commerce, the politics of race, history, literature, and, of course, gourmandise – Erica Wagner * The Times *
A diligent researcher and a terrific storyteller…quirky, engrossing narrative – Jackie McGlone * Herald *
A unique perspective – Killian Fox * Observer *
Fascinating… Kurlansky’s portrait of that vanished age is absolutely engrossing – Philip Hoare * Sunday Telegraph *
Packed with interest * Independent *
An absorbing book filled with evocative detail and culinary colour – Lucas Hollweg * Sunday Times *
Kurlansky has established a niche for himself as a purveyor of popular history tied to commodities – Adam Bresnick * TLS *
About The Author
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky is the author of Cod- a Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Award for the Best Food Book in 1997), The Basque History of the World, Salt- A World History and Choice Cuts- A Miscellany of Food Writing. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
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