New York's 100 Best Restaurants by Harry Botsford
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Botsford, Harry. New York’s 100 Best Restaurants. First Edition. 1955. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in very good minus condition—jacket shows light rubbing. Illustrated by Margot Carter.
This witty and sophisticated review of 1950s era New York eateries is prized for the marvelous b & w illustration that accompany each restaurant review. In the introduction, Botsford pays tribute to the restaurateurs, whose job he compares to “walking a tightrope over Niagara” but with “a soufflé in one hand and a short loin of beef in the other.” Includes reviews of many of the Midcentury’s greatest restaurants, such as the Algonquin, the Colony, El Morocco, Le Pavillon, and Quo Vadis.
"The reputation of a restaurant is ephemeral. It can be destroyed by a change of management, a dirty and cluttered kitchen, a butcher who sends a bad loin of beef, a fishmonger who sells slightly tainted fish or sea food, the use of rancid oil in a salad dressing."
--Harry Hotsford
This witty and sophisticated review of 1950s era New York eateries is prized for the marvelous b & w illustration that accompany each restaurant review. In the introduction, Botsford pays tribute to the restaurateurs, whose job he compares to “walking a tightrope over Niagara” but with “a soufflé in one hand and a short loin of beef in the other.” Includes reviews of many of the Midcentury’s greatest restaurants, such as the Algonquin, the Colony, El Morocco, Le Pavillon, and Quo Vadis.
"The reputation of a restaurant is ephemeral. It can be destroyed by a change of management, a dirty and cluttered kitchen, a butcher who sends a bad loin of beef, a fishmonger who sells slightly tainted fish or sea food, the use of rancid oil in a salad dressing."
--Harry Hotsford
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