Tasting a Neighbourhood

A Food History of Manhattan’s Lower East Side

Authors

  • Peter Beck Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28414

Keywords:

New York City, Lower East Side, immigration, Urbanism, restaurant culture, 19th Century, food destination, delicatessens, German-Jewish foodways, social history, nostalgia, mid-20th century, jewish cuisine, gentrification, Russ & Daughters, Food memoir, appetizing store

Abstract

The author looks at the changing food landscape of the Lower East Side neighbourhood of NYC, one which has always been known for its food. Includes conversations with owners of one of the last remaining old-time family run stores, Russ & Daughters. 

Author Biography

  • Peter Beck, Independent Scholar

    Peter Beck is a freelance journalist and farmer. He has cooked in restaurants in Italy and farmed in Maine, Virginia and Hawaii. His piece was written while studying at Yale.

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Published

2014-02-01

Issue

PPC 100 (2014)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Beck, Peter. 2014. “Tasting a Neighbourhood: A Food History of Manhattan’s Lower East Side”. Petits Propos Culinaires, February, 74-94. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28414.