The Chicago Food Encyclopedia

by Carol Haddix, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen, Russell Lewis, Maureen Abood, Ann Kathleen Barnds, Daniel Block, Anthony F. Buccini, Ellie Carlson, John Carruthers

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Description The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea. Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown. Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference on Chicago and its food.

Publisher Description

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea. Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown. Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference on Chicago and its food.

Author Biography

Carol Mighton Haddix is the former food editor of the Chicago Tribune. She is editor of Ethnic Chicago Cookbook: Ethnic-Inspired Recipes from the Pages of the Chicago Tribune. Bruce Kraig is professor emeritus in history and the humanities at Roosevelt University. He is the author of Hot Dog: A Global History, and coauthor (with Colleen Taylor Sen) of Street Food: Everything You Need to Know about Open-Air Stands, Carts, and Food Trucks across the Globe. Colleen Taylor Sen is a food and travel journalist and food historian and the author of Curry: A Global History and Feasts and Fasts: History of Food in India.

Details

  • ISBN 0252087240
  • ISBN-13 9780252087240
  • Title The Chicago Food Encyclopedia
  • Author Carol Haddix, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen, Russell Lewis, Maureen Abood, Ann Kathleen Barnds, Daniel Block, Anthony F. Buccini, Ellie Carlson, John Carruthers
  • Format Paperback
  • Year 2017
  • Pages 344
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press
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