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Coney Detroit (Painted Turtle Press) by Joe Grimm, Katherine Yung is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Coney Detroit (Painted Turtle Press) about?
Detroit is the world capital of the coney island hot dog-a natural-casing hot dog topped with an all-meat beanless chili, chopped white onions, and yellow mustard. In Coney Detroit, authors Katherine Yung and Joe Grimm investigate all aspects of the beloved regional delicacy, which was created by Greek immigrants in the early 1900s. Coney Detroit traces the history of the coney island restaurant, which existed in many cities but thrived nowhere as it did in Detroit, and surveys many of the hundreds of independent and chain restaurants in business today. In more than 150 mouth-watering photographs and informative, playful text, readers will learn about the traditions, rivalries, and differences between the restaurants, some even located right next door to each other. Coney Detroit showcases such Metro Detroit favorites as American Coney Island, Lafayette Coney Island, Duly's Coney Island, Kerby's Coney Island, National Coney Island, and Leo's Coney Island. As Yung and Grimm uncover the secret ingredients of an authentic Detroit coney, they introduce readers to the suppliers who produce the hot dogs, chili sauce, and buns, and also reveal the many variations of the coney-includ
Who reads Coney Detroit (Painted Turtle Press)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Joe Grimm, Katherine Yung
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814335185
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Western, Travel, History
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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