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Retro Diner: Comfort Food from the American Roadside | 
 enlarge | Author: Linda Everett
Publisher: Collectors Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 278357
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 8.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1888054689
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5973
UPC: 826210000148
EAN: 9781888054682
ASIN: 1888054689
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
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Jump back through time to an era when sitting at the counter in your neighborhood diner was sure to bring hearty made-from-scratch food, friendly service, and an atmosphere all it own. Those sleek stainless steel eateries can still be found with lines of faithful and appreciative customers waiting to scoot into a red leather booth and sink their appetites into true American comfort food. The waitress may holler out your order in slang only a diner-phile may understand, but if you're a regular she probably remembers your name. Look! Here's that slice of Mile-High Meringue Pie to top off your meal! The first luscious mouthful will take you away to where Elvis is on the nickel jukebox and friends walk in the door. Featuring a fun, colorful journey through diner history, Retro Diner offers over 115 of the best comfort food recipes from the American roadside, including Blue Moon Diner's Patty Melt, Steeltown Meatloaf, Dixie Diner's Blueberry Pancakes, and Peach Cobbler from Jake's.
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 Easy comfort food February 13, 2008
E. Braun
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a colorful, fun-to-read book with a lot of basics. Meatloaf, biscuits, stuff that's good well... 'diner food'
As with any cook book, read ahead of any recipe to make sure you really understand it before you jump in. Sometimes they call for things that seem a little odd prep-wise.
Nice illustrations, too!
 One of the best diner cookbooks out there August 8, 2007
A. Doerhoff (Missouri)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really love this cookbook! Not only are the recipes all from diners across the country, but they all contain ingredients you would find in a typical cupboard. It also has wonderful images from back in the day and a history of the diner. I would buy this as a gift and I plan to buy the other cookbooks for myself!
THE GOLDEN AGE OF DINERS! July 22, 2005
Tim Janson (Michigan)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
In an era where generic, noisy, bar & grill restaurants crowd every street corner, the days of mom & pop diners and their home-cooked specialties are sorely missed. Retro Diner from Collectors Press is an ode to the golden age of diners and diner foods. Filled with over 115 recipes as well as vintage photographs, menus and advertising, Retro Diner is a look back at those days of spinning seats and gum stuck under the counter.
The book begins with a short introduction of the history of diners and how they originated out of the need to fill hungry workers who worked late shifts when most restaurants were closed. They hit their peak in the 1950's in the time of juke boxes and car hops and those magnificent train car-style diners that most of us only know from seeing in film and TV. Thankfully diners have undergone a resurgence in popularity in recent years, thanks in part to TV and film. Many have taken on the task of restoring the old places and many new diners have been built in that classic 50's and 60' styling.
Retro Diner presents the authentic recipes, culled from these various diners, arranged into sections such as breakfasts, soups, sandwiches, and the ever-popular "Blue Plate Specials". Start your day with easy home made biscuits, southern-style corn fritters, or corn beef hash and eggs.
Soups & Sandwiches were always a popular choice among diner patrons. Enjoy the Corn Chowder from the Sweetheart Diner or Cream of Mushroom from Harry's Midnight Diner. How about a Count of Monte Cristo sandwich in all it's battered, deep-fried glory or the patty melt from Blue Moon Diner.
Every diner had it's "Blue Plate Special" and Retro Diner presents no less than ten classic recipes for an all-time diner favorite, meatloaf. Then there's the Dinner Pie from Jack's D.C. Diner and Hungarian Goulash from Zippy's; chicken-fried steak, chicken and dumplings, BLT's, Apple Pie, and so much more. Even if you don't enjoy the recipes, you're sure to enjoy this trip down memory lane.
Retro flash back... June 10, 2005
Phoenix (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book has some really good recipes and I would give it a full 5 stars if it included some recipes for classic diner drinks. Then the book would be complete.
I love the sandwhiches, country fried steak with gravy and pie recipes. Great retro pictures of ads and people from the 40's-50's. It's a great coffee table book to thumb through and the recipes are really interesting too.
A compendium of nostalgic, yesteryear cuisine January 10, 2003
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Retro Diner: Comfort Food From The American Roadside by Linda Everett is a compendium of nostalgic, yesteryear cuisine that is a kind of birthright culinary legacy for every American. Profusely illustrated throughout, Retro Diner is a celebration of great eating as experienced by generations of men and women who ate "blue plate specials" and other palate pleasing, appetite satisfying, pocketbook friendly fare from a local diner. From Granny Glenn's Biscuits n' Gravey; Corn Chowder from the Sweetheart Diner; and Off the Grill Ham n' Cheese; to Countryside Chicken n' Dumplings; Big Daddy's Diner Meat Loaf; and Mushroom Burgers from Mooney's, Retro Diner is a pure and highly recommended celebration of a distinctive American cuisine and individualistic dining ambiance that was to pass into cultural history with the introduction and coming dominance of the fast-food franchise.
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