Historic restaurants of Washington, D.C. : capital eats
2013
642.5 D313 2013
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Title
Historic restaurants of Washington, D.C. : capital eats
Published
Charleston, SC : American Palate, a division of the History Press, 2013.
Description
222 p. ; 24 cm
Call Number
642.5 D313 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)852831498
Note
Culinary history of Washington, D.C. and its restaurants.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215) and index.u
Contents: From taverns to restaurants -- Culinary triumvirate: oysters, diamondback terrapin and canvasback duck -- On Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere in the nineteenth century -- The exclusive dining rooms of the great hotels -- The lasting legacy of Washington's tearooms and inns -- Prohibition and the supper club era, 1920/1950 -- Black Washington's restaurants -- On the waterfront -- Legendary D.C. lunchrooms and diners -- Power lunches and dinners -- Chinatown and Chinese restaurants -- The twentieth-century transformation of haute cuisine -- Italian restaurants in Washington: from macaroni to alta cucina -- A cosmopolitan dining destination.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215) and index.u
Contents: From taverns to restaurants -- Culinary triumvirate: oysters, diamondback terrapin and canvasback duck -- On Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere in the nineteenth century -- The exclusive dining rooms of the great hotels -- The lasting legacy of Washington's tearooms and inns -- Prohibition and the supper club era, 1920/1950 -- Black Washington's restaurants -- On the waterfront -- Legendary D.C. lunchrooms and diners -- Power lunches and dinners -- Chinatown and Chinese restaurants -- The twentieth-century transformation of haute cuisine -- Italian restaurants in Washington: from macaroni to alta cucina -- A cosmopolitan dining destination.
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