East Village Cookbook: Adventures, Anecdotes, and Tales of a Downtown New York Community Told Through Our Food

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"If you crossed a zine with a Junior League Charleston Receipts, you would get East Village Cookbook, whose subtitle — Adventures, Anecdotes and Tales of a Downtown New York Neighborhood Told Through Our Food — actually doesn’t do enough to capture the richness, fullness, and proud “weirdness” of the book itself." — Regina Schrambling in Grub Street This bold, big-hearted community cookbook captures the character and history of New York City's East Village neighborhood. Published to support a soup kitchen and food pantry across from Tompkins Square Park in the heart of the East Village, it features recipes and the occasional story from local cooks, famous residents, and beloved and renowned restaurants. A very partial list of contributors includes: Veselka, Momofuku, Cafe Mogador, Superiority Burger, B H Dairy, and Veniero’s, Susan Sarandon, Alan Cumming, legendary punk musician Richard Hell, and magician and mentalist Prakesh Puru Recipes include: Nana's Apple Cake, a recipe she brought as a teenager from Belarus Pernil from Gena's Grill, "Proudly serving Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban cuisine to the East Village since the 1970s" Berbere Spice Eggs, with butter from Key Food Iced Coffee inspired by Porto Rico Importing on St. Mark's There's also an evocative tip of the hat to various vanished institutions like: CBGB/OMFUG, Fillmore East, and The Saint Life Cafe, Jeepney, Northern Spy, and William Barnacle Tavern Bound in a plastic comb favored by community cookbooks publ

• Binding: Hardcover

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