Diners, Coffee Shops, Books and Publications for Cooking. Great Recipes, History
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Diners,
Coffee Shops, Truck Stops, and On the Road Recipes
Relive
some of the good times and good food with recipes from Diners,
Truck stops, and Roadside eateries. Browse through the history
of the American Diner culture, till you can almost taste the
Jigger’s Pumpkin Pancakes, Banana Caramel Pie, Okanogan
Omelet, Lulu’s Café Home Fries, Castlerock Blueberry
Griddle Cakes, and Southern Exposure Sweet Potato Biscuits.
"Yo Mel, give me Two chicks on a raft - wreck 'em,
shingle with a shimmy and a shake in the alley, Zeppelins
in a fog, city juice 86 the hail, drag one through Georgia
and sweep the kitchen floor!"
All-American
Truck Stop Cookbook - The trucks have all stopped
at The All-American Truck Stop Cookbook, which contains
more than 250 favorite truck stop recipes of the three
million men and women who drive the 18-wheelers that keep
America rolling. In addition, the book pays homage to
the romance and true grit of trucking life. It includes
colorful stories and scenic side trips through the history
of America's trucking industry, including dozens of nostalgic
photos of some of the early truckers and their rigs along
with pictures of top truck stops of today and yesteryear.
The All-American Truck Stop Cookbook is sure to please
any fan of big rigs, life on the road, and great American
food. So check your oil, fill it up, and get ready to
dig into the delicious recipes and lore from beloved truck
stops from across America.
American
Diner - While traveling to diners across the U.S.,
author Michael Karl Witzel assembled a heaping mound of
history and a plate-full of color photography that celebrates
and examines an American institutions architecture, memorabilia,
current restoration efforts, and role in pop culture.
American
Diner Cookbook - The American Diner Cookbook contains
more than 450 recipes for delicious foods that can be
found on diner menus nationwide. Interviews with owners
and others who have worked in diners and more than 100
black-and-white photographs appear throughout.
American
Diner Then and Now - Features pictures of all those
Stainless Steel Diners from The 40,s & 50,s.
And listings of at least most of the Diner Builders from
the past & present. Also, five typical menus are illustrated,
dating from the "dog wagons" of the 1890s to
the "blue plate specials" featured in the 1950s
and '60s.
Blue
Plate Specials: Recipes Your Family & Friends Will
Love the Most--Inspired by Diners Coast-to-Coast -
Here's what's on the menu...stick-to-your-ribs recipes
inspired by diners across the USA. Blue Plate Specials
includes regional favorites like finger-lickin' chicken
wings, Cape Cod chowder, jalapeño cornbread and,
the diner standard, savory meatloaf. There are plenty
of desserts from the pie case to round out the meal too.
Our tips and quotes were also inspired by diners and the
open road. You'll love 'em!
Cafes
& Coffee Shops - Ninety-eight projects, some with
floor plans, showcase both chic, contemporary looks and
newly "old" traditional looks in coffee houses,
up-scale food shops, and fun, theme-oriented cafes, with
such evocative names as Second Cup, The Mill, Coffee Klatch,
and Sacred Grounds. International in scope, examples are
included from Latin America, Europe, the Pacific Rim,
the United States, and Canada
Chicago
Diner Cookbook - From the Macro bionic Meal, No Meata
Fajita, or Tofu Scrabble Jubilee to the Thunder Salad
and Radical Rueben Sandwich, the Chicago Diner offers
your favorite meals with a new twist.
Classic
American Diners: Collectible Postcards and Matchcovers
- The classic diner is an icon of the American roadside.
As cars were mass-produced, so were these aluminum gems,
whose metal bodies and neon signs came to characterize
modernity in the mid-twentieth century. From the 1920s
to the 1950s, these eye-catching eateries promoted themselves
on many giveaway matchcovers and postcards. Today, these
highly collectible pieces of ephemera provide a colorful
visual record of diners from all over the country. Nearly
450 examples are included here, along with a history of
the diner and related information about postcards and
matchcovers of the era. Enjoy a nostalgic, state-by-state
tour of architecturally unique, vintage American diners.
Diners:
American Retro - The 1950s and '60s were the halcyon
days of the American Dream. Life was easier, safer and
altogether more innocent. Nowhere was this more apparent
than the freeway, that symbol of the growth of American
prosperity. American Retro is a wonderfully evocative
collection of gift books celebrating the motels, diners,
cars and Main Streets that were the landmarks of these
great highways. Together with a selection of witty and
nostalgic quotes, these charming books will be a perfect
gift for those who remember.
Diners,
Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American
Dream in the Postwar Consumer Culture - The accessible
topics and interesting prose support strong arguments
concerning how marketing these institutions to newly affluent
blue-collar workers shaped images of ideal middle-class
suburban families in ways that excluded people of color.
Unfortunately, the four chapters do not hold together
particularly well. The separate chapters on diners, bowling
alleys, and trailer parks are more detailed than necessary,
while the concluding chapter covers new economic territory
without weaving in the strands of earlier chapters.
Diner:
The Best of Casual American Cooking - The photography
is gorgeous, and guaranteed to make your mouth-water and
head you toward the kitchen. The recipes do require some
actual kitchen time and preparation, but as most mothers
can tell you, sometimes preparing comfort food is a solace
in itself. Experienced cooks will be able to use microwave
shortcuts, although these recipes are stove-top and oven
in design. This book can also serve as a coffee-table
book because these perennially popular American dishes,
so artfully photographed, constitute an art form.
Diner
Collection Sandwich & Fry Basket Set 6-pc. - Burgers,
hot dogs, fries and onion rings - all your favorites can
be served in these colorful baskets. A throw-back to the
diners of the '50s and '60s, they're durable plastic and
are microwave and dishwasher safe. Use them when entertaining
the kids, for backyard barbecues and picnics at the park.
Set of 6 (3 yellow, 3 red).
Diner
Collection Old Fashioned Straw Dispenser 11-in. -
Made of glass with a polished chrome top, this 50s style
straw dispenser makes a return for your retro kitchen
or bar. Now, whenever you open a cherry soda or whip up
a vanilla malted, you'll have plenty of straws for sipping
- just like the good old days!
Diner
Desserts - This fun collection celebrates exactly
the desserts you'd expect from America's diners: fluffy
Chocolate Cream Pie, three-layer High and Mighty White
Cake and chewy Old-Time Peanut Butter Cookies, Southern
Sweet Potato Spice Pie and New York City's famous Classic
Black and White Cookies. A chapter on sweets from the
soda fountain includes a Really Rich Double Chocolate
Milk Shake and a S'more Sundae with marshmallow spread
and chocolate sauce, and another on "dunkables"
offers Diner-Style Powdered Buttermilk Donuts and Raspberry
Twists.
Diners
Of New England - Includes maps that pinpoint diners'
locations and trace routes for scenic drives, comprehensive
listings of diners with addresses, phone numbers, and
brief descriptions, and diner styles and manufacturers.
Diners
Of New York - This work features: maps pinpoint locations;
comprehensive listings for each region; and, diner styles
and manufacturers. From Long Island to the bordering Great
Lakes, the Empire State is brimming with diners of every
ilk and era. It is home to many classic stainless steel
models, as well as newer retro diners. This handy book
is a complete guide that will take travellers through
heavy concentrations of diners in New York City, the Catskills,
and the Hudson Valley to the more sparse regions in the
western part of the state, pointing out what makes each
one unique.
Diners,
Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with
Recipes! - Rounded out with plenty of behind-the-scenes
anecdotes and local color, this tour of off-the-beaten-path
establishments has enough regional entries to keep culinary
road-trippers busy (and full) for many, many miles. "
(Publishers Weekly.)
Diners
of the North Shore - Diners of the North Shore is
a fascinating collection of many previously unpublished
images from the golden age of the diner. Bearing names
such as Hesperus in Gloucester, Lafayette in Salem, and
Suntaug in Peabody, these eat-on-the-run oases provided
their customers with not only a square meal but also an
atmosphere as welcoming as oneís kitchen. From
the primitive Night Owl lunch wagon to the art deco-inspired
Sterling Streamliner, Diners of the North Shore showcases
each diner is unique character, along with the colorful
personalities who ran them.
Diners
of Pennsylvania - 300 classic diners identified Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Anthracite Region and the
Poconos, Central Pennsylvania, and Western Pennsylvania
"Its a book to keep in the car, to refer to before
and during all Pennsylvania road trips, and great fun
to travel through anytime. It makes me yearn for new trips,
new encounters, and new daily specials."
Diners:
People and Places - High-style pictures of America's
favorite form of vernacular architecture. Each of the
diners pictured is different--some are sleek and streamlined,
elegant with neon; others boxy and slab sided. All radiate
the easy familiarity of these cozy eating places.
Donut
Book - Then there are the recipes: 29 mouth-watering,
soul-satisfying ways to achieve the ultimate sugar rush,
from New Orleans beignets to Portuguese malasadas, from
Boston crèmes to Alain Ducasse's upscale Donut.
And for donut lovers who are willing to hit the road to
find their favorite confection, the book comes with an
illustrated Donut Lover's Guide to bakeries that serve
up the lightest, fluffiest, best dressed, and tastiest
donuts.
Fog
City Diner Cookbook - Remember when attaching "California"
to food actually meant a thing or two? Fog City Diner
Cookbook is something of a time capsule in that regard.
You have seen similar-looking food on menus in your town.
But that's now, and this book (and the food before it)
came out back when it was news. What's interesting to
note, however, is that Pawlcyn bases her dishes on sound
culinary principles. She isn't throwing oddball ingredients
together to grab attention or to appear to be clever,
she's combining flavors and textures and cultural heritage
to achieve specific effects, with new and powerful results.
In other words, she shows restraint on the one hand, and
knows what she's doing on the other.
Harley
and Davidson Family Recipes: Celebrating 100 Years of
Home Cooking - In HARLEY AND DAVIDSON FAMILY RECIPES,
the founders’ grandchildren Margo Manning and Carol
Lange present 100 family recipes tailor-made for home
gatherings and roadside picnics, including Gilroy 40-Clove
Garlic Chicken, Endurance Run Spinach Pasta Salad, and
Grandma Harley’s Peach Cobbler. Packed with rare
archival photographs and anecdotes about the families
and their motorcycles.
Hometown
Diners - Robert Willaims captures the essence of our
hometown diners in a beautiful and touching way. The photographs
are beautiful and a perfect example of excellent photography.
I would highly recommend this book to all readers, especially
those who remember the nostaglia of going to your hometown
diner.
Jersey
Diners - All that's missing is the smell of the burgers
and sound of Bruce Springsteen pouring from the jukebox.
This book seems to offer everything anyone would want
to know about that great institution, the roadside diner.
Peter Genovese, a writer for a New Jersey newspaper, concentrates
on diners in his home state. The many illustrations--photos
of diners, patrons, and all sorts of diner memorabilia--reflect
the loving attitude and sense of humor that pervade this
book.
Main
Street Diners: Where Hoosiers Begin the Day - A record
of mom/pop restaurants in small town Indiana, places that
look like they did 50 years ago. Most are on Main Street
in the town, and all are frequented by early traffic (5:00
am in most places) Usually the food is good, the coffee
is hot and the pie is excellent!!
More
Retro Diner: A Second Helping of Roadside Recipes
- Vintage photographs of classic diner scenes, waitresses,
and food. More than 75 popular and hard-to-find diner-style
recipes from diners nationwide, including Jigger’s
Pumpkin Pancakes, Banana Caramel Pie, Italian Sausage
and Pepper Hero, and more.
One
Tank Trips Road Food: Diners, Drive-Ins, and Other Fun
Places to Eat! - Mr. Zurcher takes you on journeys
which include special places, such as...an 18th Century
tavern that serves food from a 200 year-old recipe...a
19th Century bed-and-breakfast/tavern that includes beautiful
and serene landscapes...an honest-to-goodness fifties
drive-in restaurant with a chronologically-correct juke
box(I loved it!)...a diner inside a Harley-Davidson dealership...a
restaurant that features an antique-car museum and antiques
in general...a tuba museum/restaurant...fine Amish restaurants(discover
Amish history while in the area)...an actual castle with
a restaurant that serves exotic food such as buffalo and
ostrich...tearooms with elegant atmosphere and beautiful,
rustic surroundings.
Pancake
Handbook: Specialties from Bette's Oceanview Diner
- THE PANCAKE HANDBOOK, the Bette’s Diner crew shares
their classic recipes for some of the best pancakes found
anywhere. Classic buttermilk take their place alongside
Bette’s daily specials, which include blueberry
buttermilk, butter pecan, banana upside-down, fresh corn,
apple-brandy, chocolate, and chile-cheese—not to
mention the signature soufflé pancakes, which emerge
from the oven spectacularly puffed and golden brown. Packed
with tips on keeping your pancakes fluffy and plenty of
topping and syrup suggestions, THE PANCAKE HANDBOOK is
your personal handbook to what pancakes should be.
Plates
& Dishes: The Food And Faces Of The Roadside Diner
- Schacher traveled across the U.S. and Canada in three
stages, first in a 1978 Volkswagen van, then in a 35-foot
motor home and, finally, by motorcycle. Over the 13,318
miles he covered, he visited 70 highway eating establishments,
and photographed the food he ate and the women who served
it to him. The result is a collection that oozes with
sentimentality about North American culture.
Retro
Diner: Comfort Food from the American Roadside - Featuring
a fun, colorful journey through diner history, Retro Diner
offers over 115 of the best comfort food recipes from
the American roadside, including Blue Moon Diner's Patty
Melt, Steeltown Meatloaf, Dixie Diner's Blueberry Pancakes,
and Peach Cobbler from Jake's.
Retro
Breakfast Memorable Meals Morning, Noon, or Night
- From the coffee-stained pages of classic American cookbooks
to recipes handed down from memory, Linda Everett and
Richard Perry bring us the best of breakfast from rural
Washington State to down-home Alabama. More than 120 recipes
capture classic tastes of the most important meal of the
day, including Okanogan Omelet, Lulu’s Café
Home Fries, Castlerock Blueberry Griddle Cakes, and Southern
Exposure Sweet Potato Biscuits. Featuring nostalgic images
that will encourage you to wake up and eat no matter what
time of day, this Retro guide is sure to make anyone an
early riser.
Roadfood:
The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbeque Joints,
Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and
Much More - Roadfood celebrates venues most travelers
would never venture near, let alone enter--like Lusco's
in Greenwood, Miss. ("one of the weirdest, and most
wonderful, restaurants in America"), where green
walls and grimy, chintz-curtained rooms belie the excellence
of the "luxurious-tasting" (albeit expensive)
food. Most of the state-by-state listed restaurants are,
however, for dining on the cheap. They include Manny's
Coffee Shop in Chicago ("a temple of honest food"
), the Smokestack Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, Mo.--where
a "serious chaw of meat," according to the Sterns,
is "nothing less than the essence of the smoke pit,
like barbecue bouillon"--and Duke's Barbecue in Orangeburg,
S.C., where "there is no decor to speak of and .
. . no music other than the thud of the cleaver hacking
pork and the moans of pleasure, slurping, and licking
that are a symphonic expression of people enjoying one
of the great meals of the Southland.
Roadside
Americana - Funny, insightful takes on America's roadside
landmarks: "the geographic center of north america
is in Rugby, North Dakota, and it's also the geographic
center of the densest population of roadside goliaths...big
statues are good, but bigger statues are better."
Route
66 Cookbook: Comfort Food from the Mother Road - Marian
Clark's The Route 66 Cookbook is the only culinary guide
to what John Steinbeck dubbed "The Mother Road,"
including over 250 time-tested recipes from places like
the U Drop Inn, the Pig Hip Restaurant, Caveman Bar B-Q
and Steak House, Miz Zip's Cafe, Cotton Eyed Joe's, and
the Yippie Yi Yo Cafe. It's a living history of a time
when the flavors along the road changed as dramatically
as the landscape and the accents. Many of the places described
are still very much in action, just waiting for you to
pull up, slide into a booth or sit at the counter, and
ask,"What's good today?" .
Sopranos
Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco - This
tongue-in-cheek cookbook brings home style Soprano family
cooking to the table. Artie Bucco, the character (played
by John Ventimiglia) who is the chef at the show's Vesuvio
restaurant, sets the tone of this book of insider "family"
secrets by explaining his family's move from Campania,
Italy, to New Jersey, then turns to various Soprano characters.
(A brief chapter on Neapolitan cooking is explained by
the Newark Public Library's Natalie del Greco, who offers
recipes for a simple Marinara Sauce as well as a Sunday
Gravy.) In a chapter entitled "The Soprano Family
Tradition," Bucco listens as Corrado Soprano Jr.,
or Uncle Jun', reminisces about Newark's Little Italy
(which at one time felt like an "Italian Disneyland")
while whetting his appetite with thoughts of Pasta Fagiole
and Panzerotti (Neapolitan Potato Croquettes).
The
Ultimate Route 66 Cookbook - Serious food with a lighthearted
attitude! A pinch of Route 66 memorabilia, a dash of humor,
and two heaping helpings of honest American classics make
this the perfect guide to good eating. With culinary contributions
from roadside restaurants and well-traveled chefs, this
book is a treasured keepsake and valuable resource. Regional
specialties share the road with innovative treats, and
easy-to-follow instructions allow cooks of all experience
levels to create the recipes with ease, pleasure, and
enjoyment. Take a detour across Route 66 and sample these
down-home recipes from the legendary road.
