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Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, 3rd Edition (Irreverent)

Travel

Barrett, Liz

United States

Frommers

Americans eat a combined 350 slices of pizza every second! Pizza: A Slice of American History tells the story of how pizza has become one of the country's most popular foods, enjoyed coast to coast by millions of pizza fans. Pizza journalist Liz Barrett explores how it is that pizza came to and conquered North America and how it has evolved into different forms across the continent. Each chapter investigates a different pie: Chicago's famous deep-dish, New Haven's white clam pie, California's health-conscious varieties, New York's Sicilian and Neapolitan, and many others. Recipes provide readers with the opportunity to make and sample some of America's favorite pizza styles. Illustrated throughout with modern and historical photographs, postcards, and memorabilia, Pizza: A Slice of American History is one of the most comprehensive and fun cultural histories of pizza ever written. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: "Barrett's pizza knowledge is extensive and she has a unique gift to distill the information into delectable slices. The images are impressive and create a brilliant visual history of pizza. You will discover some rarities which are true nuggets of the pizza saga." --Albert Grande, Legends of Pizza "Liz Barrett has written one of the best all-around books on pizza I've come across... This is a broad-based exploration of pizza, its history and its place in our culture." --Dave, The Rochester NY Pizza Blog "Chock full of American pizza history, folk-lore, and guest interviews with many pizza luminaries." --Peter Reinhart, Pizza Quest "I am in love with it." --Scott Wiener, Scott's Pizza Tours "Well-written, engaging, beautifully designed and photographed." --Adam Kuban, founder of Slice

Pizza, A Slice of American History

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Baking

Voyageur Press

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world. It's easy to leave your heart in one of America's most beautiful and visited cities, but you don't have to follow the crowds to do it. Go behind the scenes with Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco and experience the city as the local do. You'll discover how to get into the open morning rehearsals at the San Francisco Symphony, how to hop a cable car without waiting in line, and how to wrangle a seat at some of the city's best restaurants without reservations. You'll learn that uttering the word "Frisco" can actually make a local loco, and how to endear yourself to San Francisco cabbies. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco give you all that, plus the inside scoop on the tastiest meals, the smartest clubs, and the coziest love nests.

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco (Irreverent Guides)

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