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Over the years, Boston has been one of America's leading laboratories of urban culture, including restaurants, and Boston history provides valuable insights into American food ways. James C. O Connell, in this fascinating look at more than two centuries of culinary trends in Boston restaurants, presents a rich and hitherto unexplored side to the city's past. Dining Out in Boston shows that the city was a pioneer in elaborate hotel dining, oyster houses, French cuisine, student hangouts, ice cream parlors, the twentieth-century revival of traditional New England dishes, and contemporary locavore and trendy foodie culture. In these stories of the most-beloved Boston restaurants of yesterday and todayillustrated with an extensive collection of historic menus, postcards, and photosO'Connell reveals a unique history sure to whet the intellectual and nostalgic appetite of Bostonians and restaurant-goers the world over.

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Author

James C. O'Connell

Publisher

University Press of New England

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781611689105

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, History, Social_sciences

Rating

4.4 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14