LOOKING FOR THE HEART OF THE CITY
NIBBLES, NOSHES, AND APPETIZING
Meal Starters, coffee breaks, street food-New York's best little bites. Falafel, Jamaican beef patties, hummus, clam fritters, savory chicken wings, and Jarlsberg squares.
Noshing with Lou Singer
Nosh Stops
A Taste of the Tropics
On Being a Hostess with the Leastest
Lox, Stock, and Bagels
To Catch a Proper Nova
Smart Cocktails by the Borough and Beyond
Many-Faced Quiche
Stone Fence
The Caviarteria and What It Knows
New York's Artisan Springs
SOUPS FOR SIPPING, SLURPING, SUPPER
New York bowlfuls. Chicken soup in all its ethnic varieties. Scotch broth, hot and sour soup, and Hungarian szekely. Borscht, bisque, green minestrone, white bean soup, and snert.
Chicken Soup: A New York Panacea
Matzoh Bowl I
The Soup Man of 55th Street
Manhattan Clam Chowder
TO BAKE AN HONEST LOAF
Breads with crust and breads with heft. Fresh muffins, bagels, babka, beer bread, roti, parantha, and focaccia.
The Brick Oven Brotherhood
Where to Buy a Good Loaf
Stalking the Perfect Pizza Pie
Pizza Stops
To Make a Soft Prezel
A Bagel Is a Bagel . . .
FOOD WALKS
Food on foot. Tours of New York's ethnic neighborhoods and food markets. Where to stop and why.
THE GREENING OF NEW YORK
New York cooks offer up Southern-style and Chinese-style greens, Caribbean callaloo, Marrakesh carrots, and artichokes with a Turkish twist. Plus baked beans, potato chips, and potato latkes. And salads. And pickles.
The Greening of New York
New York's Greenmarkets
Produce Paradise
Mrs. Beausojour's Short Guide to Caribbean Vegetables
Lexicon of Asian Vegetables
Mickeys and Chips
For Those Who Don't Know David "The Latke King," There Is Some Hope.
Vegetable Wisdom
Brighton Beach Memories
The Caesar Salad Song and Caesar Salad Translation
New York in a Pickle
Wildman Looks for Dinner
The Smart Cook
Using Infused and Syrup-Flavored Oils
A CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT CULINARY EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY
New York has always been a happening food town. From the first coffee-houses in the 1600s to soda fountains in the 1800s to hot dogs, cafeterias, Chiclets, Tootsie Rolls, and cheesecake, New Yorkers have made their mark.
NEW YORK NOODLES
Spaghetti, linguine, penne, orzo-pastas dried and fresh with their sauces. Plus pierogis, wontons, polenta, grits, tabbouleh, and risotto.
Pasta Plus Dumplings, Noodles, and Grains
The Red Sea
Mrs. Romana Raffetto of Houston Street
Just a Few New York Noodles
Bumper Crops in Bensonhurst
Arthur Avenue Nights
Salvatore ("Mr. Wab") Medici of East Harlem
National Spaghetti Carbonara Day
Fresh Noodles
Dueling Dumplings
THE MEAT OF THE MATTER
Great Steaks, brisket, casseroles, cutlets, stews, and chops. Unbelievable barbecue, meatloaf every way, and a hamburger like no other. Plus shish kebab, leg of lamb, couscous, and South African bobotie.
The New York Barbecue Summit
New York's Best Barbecue
Robert Pearson's Stick to Your Ribs
The King of Jerk
Deli Spoken Here
In Search of New York Steak? Ask Anywhere but New York
Where's the Beef?
FESTIVALS
Street fairs, feasts, and festivals: When and where they happen. Celebrate the year with a smorgasbord of ethnic foods.
THE BIRDS
Fragrant chickens, roasted, fried, and barbecued. Cambodian chicken salad, chicken has, and chicken Kiev. Five ways to stuff a turkey. Poultry fricassees, grills, and stews.
To Roast a Fine Bird
To Buy a Good Bird
Where's the Bird
To Stuff a Fine Bird
Liz Smith's Fried Chicken
Vernon: The King of Jerk
Norah's Fried Chicken
Schmaltz and Gribeness
The Curator of Country Captain
Church Suppers
Eileen Says Everything is Peking Duckie
FROM RIVER, SEA, AND THE FULTON MARKET
New York's seafood favorites: Pan roasts and stews, stuffed lobster and a unique lobster club sandwich, scallop pie and shrimp with feta, plus shad roe, fillet of sole, tuna Rockefeller, and red snapper hash.
A Day Dawns at Fulton
Fernando Lara, Marine Muralist
Shadding on the Hudson
A TRIP DOWN MENU LANE
New Yorkers on the town. A look at where they ate and what they ordered, from early tavern and pushcart days to Delmonico's, Luchows, and the current hot spots.
A LITTLE SOMETHING SWEET
Desserts . la New York include chocolate cakes, carrot cakes, and six fabulous cheesecakes. Fudgy Brownies, mammoth cookies, mile-high pies, Mexican flan, dense bread pudding, and crSme brulSe.
Ebinger's Blackout Cake
To Buy Fine Chocolates
A Fine and Fancy Cake
On Top of Carrot Cake Hill
New York Cheesecake
Some Very Good Bakeries
Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Flavored Syrup
MAIL ORDER
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREDITS
INDEX
