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"From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
Description
The remarkable story of a restaurant on top of the world-built by a legend, destroyed in tragedy-and an era in New York City it helped to frame In the 1970s, New York City was plagued by crime, filth, and an ineffective government. The city was falling apart, and even the newly constructed World Trade Center threatened to be a fiasco. But in April 1976, a quarter-mile up on the 107th floor of the North Tower, a new restaurant called Windows on the...
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[2015]
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English
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Whether you're mad about mac and cheese or loopy for lobster rolls, New York's One-Food Wonders will satisfy your desires. It's the first and only book to collect all of the city's weird, wacky, and wonderful onesies-the spots where a single food is the star. From OatMeals to Forbidden Fruit and from Meatball Obsession to Puddin', it takes you to scores of places you might have thought you could only dream about. It also tells you how people with...
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--
88) Restaurant confidential: the shocking truth about what you're really eating when you're eating out
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Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Ninth edition.
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English
Description
Your indispensable guide to America's best local eateries! With up-to-date information on restaurants' hours of operation, phone numbers, and websites, you will never go hungry on the road or get lost finding the best off-the-highway gems.
100) Out to lunch
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English
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A mischievous frog makes a scene when his parents take him to a fancy restaurant to eat.
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