America Eats Out: An Illustrated History of Restaurants, Taverns, Coffee Shops, Speakeasies, and Other Establishments That Have Fed Us for 350 Years

John F. Mariani is a food and travel columnist for Esquire and a wine columnist for Bloomberg News. He has been called the most influential food-wine critic in the popular press by The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is author of The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink, and, with his wife Galina, The show more Italian-American Cookbook. He lives in Tuckahoe, New York. Lidia Bastianich is an American chef and restaurateur. She has been a regular contributor to the PBS cooking show lineup since 1998. show less