Full disclosure: I wrote the Foreword to Jersey Shore Food History: Victorian Feasts to Boardwalk Treats (historypress.com or online sellers, 2012) so I can’t write a critical review. But I can tell you what the book is about and then – if you love the shore and love to eat – you’ll decide for yourself.
As I read Karen Schnitzspahn’s book about the history of food on the Jersey Shore, I thought about my childhood at the edge of the sea, redolent of crabs and clams from the bay outside my window, and fresh striped bass and bluefish from the ocean two blocks away.
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