Local Flavor
Restaurants That Shaped Chicagos Neighborhoods
by Jean Iversen
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Pub Date 15 Mar 2018 | Archive Date 26 Jun 2019
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Description
The neighborhoods that make up Chicago’s rich cultural landscape have been defined by the restaurants that anchor them. In Local Flavor, the popular food writer Jean Iversen chronicles eight beloved local eateries, from Chinatown on the South Side to Rogers Park in the far North, tracing the story of how they became neighborhood institutions.
Iversen has meticulously gathered the tales, recipes, and cultural traditions that define Chicago’s culinary past and present. Rich with firsthand accounts from local restaurateurs, their families, long-time customers, and staff, Local Flavor is a community-driven look at Chicago through a gastronomical lens.
Including recipes for popular dishes from each restaurant that readers can try at home, Local Flavor weaves together ethnography, family, and food history into a story that will enthrall both food and Chicago history lovers.
Advance Praise
"This book gave me a much better idea of how these immigration waves created the neighborhoods as they are today—a key part of the Chicago experience. This would be a perfect gift for anyone who loves this city and its many neighborhoods as much as I do, and has made each of these places a part of their lives over the years.”
—Steve Dolinsky, “The Hungry Hound,” food reporter for ABC 7
"This well-researched and fascinating paean to Chicago’s 'ethnic cuisine' profiles the proprietors and founders of eight iconic Chicago restaurants. But it’s more than a tour of Chicago’s vibrant restaurant scene; it’s a history of American immigration and the enormous and beneficial impact immigrants have had on our culinary culture." —Colleen Taylor Sen, author of Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India and coeditor of The Chicago Food Encyclopedia
"Long before there were tasting menus and molecular gastronomy, there were old-school Chicago restaurants, and Jean Iversen does them proud in her book. Anyone who cherishes Chicago’s rich multicultural history will enjoy this book. It’s a love letter to Chicago told through food." —Jan Parr, Crain's Chicago Business
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780810136717 |
| PRICE | US$18.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 184 |
Featured Reviews
Brittany W, Librarian
Interesting read, and I definitely love to visit some of the restaurants mentioned in the book (especially the Italian one), as one of my favorite things to do when in Chicago is visit new restaurants. However, I feel as though there were some nationalities and neighborhoods that should have been included but were not. As other reviewers mentioned, there were no African American restaurants mentioned, and the Swedish community was left out as well.
