Dining By Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine

Dining By Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine | James D. Porterfield | Great Food from the Dining Car

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	Dining By Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine James D. Porterfield St. Martin's Griffin, 1998 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine

Nostaligia food at its best

The book "Dining by Rail" was purchased at the urging of a ten-year old son who is a rabid railfan. The book not only has a treasure trove of the most famous recipes from all the different rail lines, but it features a marvelous history of railroads from the point of view of the customer, the cooks, and others whose job it was to provide customer service. One also learns how the menus on the trains reflected the relations with the most important commercial customers of the railroad, an aspect nostalgic railfans don't always think about.

The book is well written and carefully researched. The pictures are evocative, and the recipes very easy to follow and recreate.

Altogether, this book is providing my son and me with a interesting and tasty railroad education!

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Great Food from the Dining Car

Really a fun book to have for the railroader with someone who loves to cook. Tons of fine recipies from railroads all over the country. SOME EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! I tried my hand at a dish, but it didn't turn out right despite following directions to the letter. Recently, Mom and I were successful. Her years of cooking experience handed down from Grandma paid off, because she noticed a missing step. Some basic preparation steps are left out becuase by the time a cook was assigned to the diner, he didn't need to see everything on paper. Since then, Mom and I have enjoyed many more weekend cooking classes with the dining car cookbook. Although many projects have turned out well, I'll always recall our first as my personal favorite: Western Pacific Rice Cream Pie. Good times!

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Dining By Rail.........WOW!

Great book! Wonderful back story of an era mostly gone. Recipes are particularly interesting and became the theme for a wonderful party. Research done by the author is staggering. Bravo!

Dining By Rail

Fantastic, entertaining book!! Loaded with history and recipes -- Who could ask for more??? Highly recommend.

Comfort Food

Fine addition to anyone's cookbook collection and a great gift for the
rail fan. Recipes are easy and they work! Don't expect to lose weight!

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