xlvi, 527 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Ten restaurants and American cuisine Delmonico's : America's first restgaurant Antoine's : haute creole Schrafft's : seeking out the female customer Howard Johnson's : as American as fried clams Mamma Leone's : Italian entertainment The Mandarin : 'the best Chinese food east of the Pacific' Sylvia's : the soul of Harlem Le Pavillon : midcentury French Four Seasons : the epitome of modern Chez Panisse : 'the way we eat now' Epilogue
