97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement PB_Gift_Guide élan and a generous helping

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Now you can make that 3-D quilt that you have always loved but thought was too difficult

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” —Glennon Doyle

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement PB_Gift_Guide élan and a generous helpingSocial history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrative of New Yorks immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family gathering round. Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World 97 Orchard is a richly detailed investigation of the lives and culinary