Between 1863 and 1935, five families of different ethnic backgrounds lived at 97 Orchard St., now the homs of the famed Tenement Museum. In the widely acclaimed 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement, author Jane Ziegelman explores the ways in which food shaped the lives of the German, Irish, Italian, and Jewish families who lived at this residence.
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