The Harvey House Cookbook [Paperback]

George H. Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 9, 2001

More than two hundres recipes, thirty period photographs, and the fascinating Fred Harvey story recall the fresh food, fine china and silver, and charming Harvey Girls of early railroad travels.

Product Details

• Paperback: 193 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (October 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563523574
• ISBN-13: 978-1563523571
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,193,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully written and interesting history of Fred Harvey, November 16, 1999

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Dawn Stier (River Vale, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Harvey House Cookbook (Paperback)

this is a fascinating account of the story of Fred Harvey and the Harvey House restaurants. You will discover that Fred Harvey truley won the west.He was an innovative thinker, and supplied to the people along the railway route somthing that they never had before, Good food and service, he was a perfectionist in every way. He also had the foresite to realize the untapped potential in the art of the native American by setting up shops in order for the Indians to be able to sell their beautiful handiwork. No one had ever done that before. The book is also intersperced with vintage recipies from the various Harvey Houses and railway cars. This book is beautifully written and very moving in many parts as you will find when you discover that one by one these landmards gradually disappeared with the advent of modern times.