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The Big Oyster

- A Molluscular History of New York
Af: Mark Kurlansky Engelsk Paperback

The Big Oyster

- A Molluscular History of New York
Af: Mark Kurlansky Engelsk Paperback
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When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770.

From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters, especially in the late 1800s, when Europe and America enjoyed a decades-long oyster craze. In a dubious endorsement, William Makepeace Thackeray said that eating a New York oyster was like eating a baby.

Travellers to New York were also keen to experience the famous New York oyster houses. While some were known for their elegance, due to a longstanding belief in the aphrodisiac quality of oysters, they were often associated with prostitution. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City''s slums.

The Big Oyster is the story of a city and of an international trade.Filled with cultural, social and culinary insight - as well as recipes, maps, drawings and photographs - this is history at its most engrossing, entertaining and delicious.

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When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770.

From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters, especially in the late 1800s, when Europe and America enjoyed a decades-long oyster craze. In a dubious endorsement, William Makepeace Thackeray said that eating a New York oyster was like eating a baby.

Travellers to New York were also keen to experience the famous New York oyster houses. While some were known for their elegance, due to a longstanding belief in the aphrodisiac quality of oysters, they were often associated with prostitution. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City''s slums.

The Big Oyster is the story of a city and of an international trade.Filled with cultural, social and culinary insight - as well as recipes, maps, drawings and photographs - this is history at its most engrossing, entertaining and delicious.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780099477594
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0099477599
Kategori: New York City
Udg. Dato: 5 apr 2007
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 5 apr 2007
Forfatter(e): Mark Kurlansky
Forfatter(e) Mark Kurlansky

Kategori New York City

ISBN-13 9780099477594

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 199mm

Udg. Dato 5 apr 2007

Oplagsdato 5 apr 2007

Forlag Vintage Publishing

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