{"product_id":"the-brooklyn-cookbook-knopf-cooks-american","title":"The Brooklyn Cookbook (Knopf Cooks American)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrooklyn has been called the fourth largest city in America  and it is the Boroughs claim that one out of every seven United States citizens has roots here. Brooklyn is also Americas most celebrated hometown. Everybody knows where it is (across that bridge)  and almost everybody has an opinion about it: dont 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  Ill 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947036471349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0394584171","price":27.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780394584171.jpg?v=1769978949","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-brooklyn-cookbook-knopf-cooks-american","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}