Eating Like Queens: A Guide to Ethnic Dining in America's Melting Pot, Queens, New York
Suzanne Parker
List Price: $16.95 Sale Price: $8.48 (slightly damaged covers)
About
the Book
Around the world in one borough. A guide for the adventurous diner.
There's no place like Queens, New York, for exotic, exciting eating. With more than 100 nationalities represented, America's most multicultural county has a remarkable array of ethnic restaurants and food markets to explore. Taiwanese, Punjabi, Indonesian, Korean, Brazilian, Montenegrin, Egyptian, Moroccan. These cuisines and many more make Queens a dining destination like no other.
The book includes:
- Restaurant recommendations
- Description and history of the cuisine
- Food markets
- Food related customs
- Recipes
About
the Author
Queens native Suzanne Parker is the restaurant critic
and food reporter for the Times Ledger newspapers in Queens and has won
prizes for her own cooking. Parker lives in Forest Hills with her husband
and has two adult daughters.
Praise
for Eating Like Queens
"Eating Like Queens by Suzanne Parker offers a 40-cuisine tour
of the
city's most ethnically diverse borough." —The New
York Times Read
the entire article.
"A new book endeavors to create some order in this mish-mash of flavors, aromas and dishes that make up the culinary world in the planet’s most diversified county." —New York Daily News Read the entire article.
"In America's most diverse county, our restaurants satisfy the most demanding palates of customers who come from around the world. Suzanne Parker's Eating Like Queens shows us all how to capitalize on this wealth of opportunities with detailed explanations on numerous cuisines and specific recommendations on where to enjoy them. Whether you are a resident or first-time visitor to Queens, this book will help you discover the dining experience you seek." Helen Marshall, Queens Borough President
"If Queens is a great mosaic, then Suzanne Parker has given us the gem
code. She's given us the key to understanding the myriad of dishes and
cuisines available across this international borough and has finally explained
to me why I've liked what I've been eating and what these fascinating
dishes are all about. I can't wait to try some of her Queens restaurant
finds."
Barry Lewis, architectural historian and host of Channel Thirteen's A Walk Through Queens
"For people interested in flavor, this book guides you to the source.
Suzanne Parker has created an edible 'map of the world of Queens' in food.
It's a restaurant guide, and it's a mouthwatering read from cover to cover,
describing authentic ingredients, how they are put together and where
to find them. So many ethnicities, so little time!"
Harriet Lembeck, President Wine & Spirits Program, Inc.
Eating Like Queens: A Guide
to Ethnic Dining in America's Melting Pot, Queens, New York
Suzanne Parker
ISBN 0-9763539-1-1
5.5 x 8.5, 250 pages
Photographs, Maps, Bibliography, Index
$16.95 Paperback—Travel/Cooking
Sale Price: $6.48 (slightly damaged covers)