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03/01/2017 11:01 PMAuthor and Yale Professor Paul Freedman will discuss his book, Ten Restaurants That Changed America, at the Evergreen Woods Community Building Auditorium, 88 Notch Hill Road, North Branford, on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Freedman’s book is a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurants.
The publisher of the book says, “Combining a historian’s rigor with a foodie’s palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself. Whether charting the rise of our love affair with Chinese food through San Francisco’s fabled The Mandarin, evoking the richness of Italian food through Mamma Leone’s, or chronicling the rise and fall of French haute cuisine through Henri Soulé’s Le Pavillon, food historian...Freedman uses each restaurant to tell a wider story of race and class, immigration and assimilation. Freedman also treats us to a scintillating history of the then-revolutionary Schrafft’s, a chain of convivial lunch spots that catered to women, and that bygone favorite, Howard Johnson’s, which pioneered midcentury, on-the-road dining, only to be swept aside by McDonald’s. Lavishly designed with more than 100 photographs and images, including original menus, Ten Restaurants That Changed America is a significant and highly entertaining social history.”
Freedman will talk about his book, answer questions, and share some excerpts. Autographed copies of his book will be available for sale at the event.
To register, contact Briana Benn-Mirandi at 203-483-3224 or bbennmirandi@evergreen-woods.com.