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November 1, 2012

Shucking the History of New York City: Mark Kurlansky’s The Big Oyster

In this pearl of a book, food historian Mark Kurlansky informs and delights with an enthralling look at the history of New York City through the storied past of a most succulent mollusk -- the oyster.

May 9, 2012

The Man Who Froze the World: Mark Kurlansky’s Birdseye

Mark Kurlansky wrote a book-within-a-book when he put together Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. The author of Salt and Cod could not resist penning a new history of a ubiquitous consumable: ice.