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Brooklyn Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Coney Island to Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Chef's Table Extraordinary Recipes from Coney Island to Brooklyn Heights Author:Editors of Lyons Press Brooklyn has long been a food lover?s mecca. Each neighborhood in this borough has its own personality and ethnic origins, where the cuisine of an immigrant group?s homeland is celebrated at the table each night. You can sample a world of food just by traveling around, from Brighton Beach?s impressive Russian cuisine to the red-sauce places of B... more »ensonhurst, with their murals of Sicily and their unbeatable cannoli. It?s these turn-of-the-last-century immigrants, who made their way through nearby Ellis Island, who developed the iconic foods: the thin-crust, coal-oven pizza, the dense and creamy cheesecake, and the snappy-skinned hot dog, all of which are intrinsically connected to Brooklyn. With recipes for the home cook from over 50 of the city's most celebrated restaurants and showcasing over 200 full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs, and lots of local flavor, Brooklyn Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook for both tourists and New Yorkers.« less