{"product_id":"food-and-the-city-new-yorks-professional-chefs-restaurateurs-line-cooks-street-vendors-and-purveyors-talk-about-what-they-do-and-wh-9780425279052","title":"Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Wh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of New York City's dynamic food culture, as told through the voices of the chefs, line cooks, restaurateurs, waiters, and street vendors who have made this industry their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFood and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, Ina Yalof takes us on an insider's journey into New York's pulsating food scene alongside the men and women who call it home. Dominique Ansel declares what great good fortune led him to make the first cronut. Lenny Berk explains why Woody Allen's mother would allow only him to slice her lox at Zabar's. Ghaya Oliveira, who came to New York as a young Tunisian stockbroker, opens up about her hardscrabble yet swift trajectory from dishwasher to executive pastry chef at Daniel. Restaurateur Eddie Schoenfeld describes his journey from Nice Jewish Boy from Brooklyn to New York's Indisputable Chinese Food Maven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom old-schoolers such as David Fox, third-generation owner of Fox's U-bet syrup, and the outspoken Upper West Side butcher \"Schatzie,\" to new kids on the block including Patrick Collins, sous chef at The Dutch, and Brooklyn artisan Lauren Clark of Sucre Mort Pralines, \u003ci\u003eFood and the City\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating oral history with an unforgettable gallery of New Yorkers who embody the heart and soul of a culinary metropolis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIna Yalof \u003c\/b\u003ehas been writing books and articles about such diverse subjects as medicine, science, religion, and happiness for more than thirty years. Her books include the widely acclaimed oral history \u003ci\u003eLife and Death: The Story of a Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat It Means to Be Jewish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow I Write\u003c\/i\u003e (coauthored with Janet Evanovich), \u003ci\u003eWhat Happy Women Know\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFood and the City\u003c\/i\u003e. Yalof's articles have appeared in numerous national publications, including \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She lives--and eats--in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917732286738,"sku":"9780425279052","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85294b6d-a961-46c3-9e60-7a7e963dc6d7.jpg?v=1738869354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/food-and-the-city-new-yorks-professional-chefs-restaurateurs-line-cooks-street-vendors-and-purveyors-talk-about-what-they-do-and-wh-9780425279052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}