97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement – A Microhistory of Ethnic Cooking on the Lower East Side with 40 Recipes
A microhistory of five immigrant families in a Lower East Side tenement, blending their stories with forty authentic recipes that trace ethnic cooking in early New York.
About This Book
97 Orchard explores the culinary traditions of five immigrant families who lived in a single Lower East Side tenement.
The book examines how each family adapted recipes from their homelands to ingredients and conditions in early twentieth-century New York.
Alongside the historical narrative, forty authentic recipes illustrate the everyday cooking of Jewish, Italian, German, Irish, and Lithuanian households.
By focusing on one building, the account reveals broader patterns of migration, assimilation, and cultural exchange through food.
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