TONY Eating & Drinking 2002; Table Talk

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EATING & DRINKING 2002
TIME OUT NEW YORK
344 pages, paperback, $11.95

   When I reported on EATING & DRINKING 2000 (in November 1999), it was 264 pages and $9.95.  It's added 80 pages.  The print is small.  This thing looks massive.  It's conveniently divided by neighborhood and by cuisine.
   New York City is probably the food capital of the world, but keep in mind that--post 9/11--a lot of these restaurants are no longer in business.
   I could point out what's not in the OED, but I'd be here all day.  See for yourself.
   CUE (which I'll finish up when I return from vacation) had four comprehensive dining guides each spring--Long Island, Upstate NY, NJ & PA, and New England.  CUE is not indexed, not microfilmed, not digitally scanned, and I'm probably one of the only historians to go through it.
   TONY's EATING & DRINKING is a worthy publication in the CUE tradition.

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TABLE TALK

   I've copied the index to all of the volumes.  For a few years, however, the annual index was missing...The NYPL has it from 1887 and is missing volume one.
   I now have in this apartment an index (or columns) to TABLE TALK, AMERICAN COOKERY, GOURMET, BON APPETIT, THE COOK, THE CATERER, AMERICAN RESTAURANT, RESTAURANT MAN, THE RESTAURATEUR, AMERICAN KITCHEN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BETTER HOMES & GARDENS, VOGUE, LADIES' HOME JOURNAL, WOMANS' HOME COMPANION, SUNSET, FAMILY CIRCLE, McCALL'S, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, PLAYBOY, ESQUIRE, CUE, and I'm slowly reading the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE....
   From TABLE TALK's early volumes:

VOLUME II (1887)
Egyptian Rolls...136
Scotch Eggs...452
Swiss Eggs...210, 452

VOLUME III (1888)
Cake, Carolina...543
Cake, New England Loaf...233
Cookies, New York...233
Oysters, Kabobs...88
Oysters, Keebobbed...103
"Painted Ladies"...87
Pie, Chess...58
Pie, Moonshine...42
Shrimp Rolls...512

VOLUME IV (1889)
Cake, Sunshine...362
Eggs, Beauregard...204
Salad, Italian...287
Salad, Russian...458

VOLUME V (1890)
Bread, Adirondack Corn...179
Bread, Kentucky Corn...345
Cake, Log Cabin...224
Hamburg Steaks...103, 171
Lobster, Newburg...179
Pie, Bethlehem Apple...134
Potatoes, Delmonico...60, 135

VOLUME VI (1891)
Bun Cinnamon...208
Cake, Othello...409
Ice Cream, Neapolitan...313

VOLUME VII (1892)
Lobster, Newberg...140, 203

VOLUME VIII (1893)
Cake, Devil's...139
Cake, Sunshine...213
Pie, Apple, Moravian...87, 170
Salad, Japanese...427

VOLUME IX (1894)
Cake, Devil's Food...44
Cake, Sunshine...143, 156
Ice Cream, Pistachio...237
Lobster, a la Newburg...87, 167. 388
Salad, Dandelion...242
Salad, Suedoise...279
Soup, Alphabets for...279

(_alphabet soup._  A soup, usually tomato or chicken based, containing pasta cut into the shapes of alphabet letters.  The term saw print in 1934.
--John Mariani, ENYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK, 1999)