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Brooklyn has been called the fourth largest city in America, and it is the Borough's claim that one out of every seven United States citizens has roots here. Brooklyn is also America's most celebrated hometown. Everybody knows where it is (across that bridge), and almost everybody has an opinion about it: don't the people say "boid" and "toity-toid," and act argumentative, brassy, and sassy? Sure they do -- at least some of them. They also say what they mean in other tongues, for groups from all over the world call Brooklyn home.

Brooklynites are fiercely loyal to neighborhood, family, and the food that nourishes them, body and soul. That is what this book celebrates ... I can hear you asking, What is Brooklyn food? What makes it special? No one claims that we have the kind of food that characterizes a region, such as Boston baked beans, Maryland crab cakes, or Philadelphia cheese steak. What defines our food is, in short, attitude and memory. The Brooklyn attitude is, "You respect me, I'll respect you; but believe me -- my neighborhood, and my food. is best." Memory ensures that the stories of good times, and the food that made them so, are passed along to younger family members.

The neighborhoods are distinct, but they are ever changing. Where most immigrants once came largely from Europe, they now arrive from the Caribbean and Asia. Formerly Scandinavian Bay Ridge is now home to Greeks, Chinese, and the fastest-growing group of Middle Easterners anywhere. Brooklyn is by no means all blue collar (it never was); Wall Streeters and other executive types appreciate the wonderful houses and tree-lined streets. They have their foodways, too.

Thomas Wolfe, a writer who once lived in Brooklyn, was wrong: you can go home again, home to the Brooklyn that lives in the rich memories and cherished recipes of the sons and daughters of the Borough. As we who live on the eastern side of the Brooklyn Bridge say, come on over!

to feeding the Dodgers and the Polar Bear swimmers who brave the icy waters of the Atlantic all winter -- with wonderful nostalgic photographs. Family, tradition, and neighborhood are at the heart of Brooklyn life. And it is the food -- reflected in the kinds of recipes gathered here -- that expresses these values.Amazon.com Review
Brooklyn is a melting pot unto itself. Settled by the Dutchand then home to waves of immigrants, including the Irish, Jews,Scandinavians, Italians, Germans, Poles, Hispanics, African Americans,Greeks, and Middle Easterners, the borough is rich in culinaryhistory. Lauding that history, Lyn Stallworth and Rod Kennedy Jr.'sThe Brooklyn Cookbook explores in 250 recipes Brooklyn's"hometown" cooking. Replete with nostalgic photos, it also chronicles,in the words of Brooklynites themselves, a larger culturalheritage. Readers who enjoy social-culinary history, and those whorelish the diverse, nurturing dishes of everyday urban life, willembrace the book.

Dividing its recipes and recollections among chapters such as Resortsand Neighborhoods, Nationalities, and Brewed, Made, Sold, and Servedin Brooklyn, the book reminds us constantly that food is inseparablefrom the people who prepare and eat it. Here are Mrs. Stahl's PotatoCocktail Knishes, which she sold on the Boardwalk during theDepression; Lundy's Manhattan Clam Chowder, the peerless brew ofBrooklyn's famed Sheepshead Bay seafood house; Dee Dee Daily's PigeonPeas and Rice, a Caribbean-Black American specialty; and JoeRomanelli's mamma's Pizza Rustica, prepared while "pappa and mybrothers would sit around drinking homebrew and playing pinochle." Therecipes work for all cooks, but it is the stories behind them--"AnItalian-American Dinner in 1960," for example, or "A Pail of Beer andSauerbraten"--that make the book a true culinary treasure. --ArthurBoehm ... Read more

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Great Brooklyn Cookbook!
This is a fantastic book about Brooklyn well-known places and a good cookbook, especially for former and present Brooklynites!My relatives and friends from Brooklyn all want to purchase a copy.!

even more than you'd expect!
I found this book above the stove at the Eastern Parkway home of my youngish stepmother. Oh what a joy! Lots of good recipes but even better is the detailed description of every ethnic group to have entered Brooklyn (starting with the Canarsee Native Americans), even MY people the Swedes (and the Finns and the Norwegians) - who knew? It's all fast and somewhat superficial (there is so much to cover), but the recipes all look interesting - the majority are Italian and Jewish of course - but so much else. I'm online now to buy the book for my best friend for her birthday.

Good Eats
Weather or not you have a connection to Brooklyn (63.4% do) you will find this cookbook both useful and interesting. A wonderful tour of the borough and its diverse population, each recipe comes with its own story of origin. In effect this book becomes an oral history of the place filtered through the various ethnic foods that make up the character of the people who moved here. Just as importantly, I find myself making use of the recipes and have found that this is one of my go-to cookbooks. I highly recommend this book.

Brooklyn Cookbook
One of the best books cookbook or otherwise I have bought in a very long time. I read it cover to cover and enjoyed every page.
I grew up in Queens, the other boroughs need to get with it and create their own cookbooks. Pictures, stories and great recipes.

I Want to Relive Brooklyn!
My youth was spent in Cleveland, Ohio with excellent family cooks that made their own noodles, doughnuts, Christmas cookies, and superb roast pork-sauerkraut dinners. When, as a cook book collector, I began reading this book, I was transferred to the melting pot of America, back to my French/German background of cooking traditions.When I would "come up for air", I was almost sad to return to my present day setting as the Brooklyn neighborhoods and traditions warmed my heart.This is a beautiful slice of another part of the ethnic mix of America when people shared customs with their children. I wanted to move to Brooklyn back to those days as beautifully delineated in the Brooklyn Cookbook.Most of the recipes are ridiculous, like the thought of hanging something in a cheesecloth off the back porch made me appreciate my family culiunary traditions.It's a history book filled with love and amazing, old-fashioned recipes.We'd never make them today so don't buy it strictly for the recipes!It's Brooklyn during a lovely time in America, and I would love to have been there! Madge Bruner ... Read more

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This is the first of its kind: an insider’s food guide to that gourmand’s paradise, the Napa Valley. Author and longtime resident Lori Lyn Narlock goes behind the scenes to discover where chefs shop, the best places to take a cooking class, or where to get a grapeseed oil massage. With complete details on the where, when, how, and how much, plus dozens of artful black-and-white photographs, this indispensible guide for food lovers even includes 50 recipes honoring the region’s local specialties. It’s a mouthwatering roster of the best that Napa has to offer. ... Read more

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Napa
This book has the BEST recipe for homemade tomato soup (I leave out the thyme and go easy on the pepper).If you like soup the price of this book is worth it for this recipe alone.having said that...it's got a lot of other great tidbits (and recipes)from Napa.

Don't go to Napa without this book!
Have been to Napa many times - but was unaware of the many gems this book uncovers - an incredible and fun resource for the food and wine lover! I will be seeking out these finds in the future! Highly recommended.

Great overview of Napa
This book covers all the areas I was interested in learning about before our trip to Napa Valley.The reviews seem unbiased and thoughtful.We had visited Napa 18 years ago and while we already had a few ideas, reservations, etc., this guide gave us even more places to consider.I've "earmarked" so many pages and even took this guide with us.It also includes maps, addresses and phone numbers and/or websites. Some good recipes are in the back.A good companion guide.

a great resource, even for locals...
As a regular visitor to the Napa Valley for the past 10 years, it's easy to think that one has 'seen it all.'

This book really reminded me what a special place the Napa Valley is, and how much there is to discover. Visitors and locals alike will find something new and interesting that they simply must try.

Take this book with you to the Valley, or read it before you go and find your new 'must try' discovery.

Fun in the wine country
This is a must have for anyone visiting or living in the Napa Valley. Well organized and cleverly composed. I found it most useful for locating the rare-to-find places and foods that make the Napa Valley so unique. It makes a great gift for all the food lovers in your life. ... Read more

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This compendium of recipes is from the titles in the "Creative Cook" series. ... Read more

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The authors of the popular Brooklyn Cookbook offer a collection of delicious recipes for down-home cooking from across the fifty states, including some celebrity recipes, along with information on county fairs and how to find them. 10,000 first printing. ... Read more

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Chapters: Hugh Cook, Lucy Sussex, Cherry Wilder, Lyn Mcconchie, Phillip Mann, Ged Maybury, Peter Friend. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hugh Cook (August 9, 1956) November 8, 2008 (aged 52)) was a cult author whose works blend fantasy and science fiction. He is best-known for his epic series The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness. Hugh Walter Gilbert Cook was born in Essex, England in 1956. After spending his early childhood in England he moved to Ocean Island (now Banaba Island in Kiribati). His experiences of English castles and of life on an equatorial island later influenced his writing. He moved to, and was educated in New Zealand. His first novel, Plague Summer was published when he was 24 in 1980. Between 1986 and 1992 he wrote the ten-novel series The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness. Disappointing sales prevented the publication of further volumes (up to 60 were planned). In 1997 he moved to Japan, and lived in Yokohama with his wife and daughter and taught English. He subsequently published mainly online, through his site, Zen Virus. His online works include poetry, short stories, "flash fiction", and several novels. In 2005 he underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer in the form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He wrote a medical memoir, Cancer Patient, telling of this experience. Following a relapse, Hugh Cook died on the 8th of November, 2008, in the hospice in Auckland. The series broadly tells the story of the events leading to the end of a dark age. The idea for the series began with an ambitious outline for a series of twenty novels. This would have been followed by two equally long series, The Chronicles of an Age of Wrath, and The Chronicles of an Age of Heroes. This sixty-volume scheme ended with the publication o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3385469 ... Read more

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Volume 1 of the Best of Our Stories brings together the Interviews from Richard Bausch, Paul Cody, George Saunders and Matthew Sharpe along with the short stories of:Chuckie Campbell, Nicholas Cook, Matthew Hamity, Brian Heston, William Hicklin, Cara Hoffman, Lyn LeJeune, Thomas Lisenbee, Christian McLean, Sandy Olson Hill, JE Ogle, Jenni Di Placidi, Jennifer Reimer, David Rosenstock, Jeremey Adam Smith, Patti Smith-Jackson, Amy Stuber, Thea Swanson, Pete Syverson, Veronica Vela, Mark Vogel and the essays from Editor in Chief Alexis E Santi on the literary craft. ... Read more

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Giant edition of sports facts, photos, stats, features, inside stories, trivia, and off-the-wall sidebars. Written by two nationally known, career sports journalists, The Big Bad Book of Sports is packed with photos and fascinating details. The perfect gift for every sports fan. ... Read more

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A cookery course in which Lyn Hall teaches the reader all he or she needs to know about cooking and entertaining - from choosing equipment to menu planning and recipes, and how to select ingredients. She gives a guide to cooking times (fast and honed-down, medium-fast and pleasurable); shows how to synchronize a meal so that each course arrives at the table when it should; advises on embellishments - marinades, sauces, herbs and stuffings - as well as on low-calorie options and no-cook alternatives; and provides a panic-button guide to what might go wrong and how to save the situation. ... Read more