Dairy Restaurant GN HC

by Ben Katchor
From the origins of the blintz to the role of dairy products in the Russian Revolution, MacArthur Award-winning author Ben Katchor relates the fascinating history of Jewish eating. His sweeping narrative has room for both the ersatz "old world" menus of urban American restaurants and the looming presence of Tevye, "the milkman." Permeated by Katchor's own yearning for eating places that no longer exist, The Dairy Restaurant is in part a mythic quest for the Garden of Eden. This is a work of deep imagination, packing with genuine learning but presented in Katchor's inimitable, wonderfully entertaining blend of words and pictures.