97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement

A "highly entertaining" culinary and social history of five immigrant families living in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York City tenement house (New York Times).

"A unique and aromatic narrative of New York's immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family gathering round." —Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World

In ninety-seven Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower Ea...