The World Eats Here: Amazing Food and the Inspiring People Who Make It at New York’s Queens Night Market
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The World Eats Here: Amazing Food and the Inspiring People Who Make It at New York’s Queens Night Market
The World Eats Here by John Wang is an interesting look at the Queens Night Market and its many vendors. The recipes that are included encompass a variety of cultures and the images reflect the spirit of coming together to enjoy both food and community. Definitely a book that gives bit of wanderlust and a look back to a time where we once gathered to enjoy a bite to eat.REVIEW: THE WORLD EATS HERE BY JOHN WANGIt has been quite some time since I have visited New York and one day I would love to go back just to visit the Queens Night Market. This book gives a backgrounder and some really wonderful stories about the people and the food that make up this incredible market experience that is affordable and friendly. The recipes are reflective of many different continents and are quite unique, although some may not be easy to recreate without special equipment and hard to find ingredients.❀ FANTASTIC LAYOUTThe layout of the book makes for a great read for anyone wanting to learn more about different cultures and their foods, or just by type of recipe. The contents of the book are:IntroductionThe Americas and the CaribbeanEuropeAfrica and the Middle EastAsia❀ INCREDIBLE AND AWE-INSPIRINGIf you are missing outdoor festivals and eating out, this book will provide a small taste of that. The history and the people that are described within the pages of The World Eats Here are both incredible and awe-inspiring. As well, the recipes that are included can help to bring some of the Queens Night Market home while we wait for things to open up once more.
Product Description Prized recipes and tales of home, work, and family—from the immigrant vendor-chefs of NYC’s first and favorite night market On summer Saturday nights in Queens, New York, mouthwatering scents from Moldova to Mexico fill the air. Children play, adults mingle . . . and, above all, everyone eats. Welcome to the Queens Night Market, where thousands of visitors have come to feast on amazing international food—from Filipino dinuguan to Haitian diri ak djon djon. The World Eats Here brings these incredible recipes from over 40 countries to your home kitchen—straight from the first- and second-generation immigrant cooks who know them best. With every recipe comes a small piece of the American story: of culture shock and language barriers, of falling in love and following passions, and of family bonds tested then strengthened by cooking. You’ll meet Sangyal Phuntsok, who learned to make dumplings in a refugee school for Tibetan children; now, his Tibetan Beef Momos with Hot Sauce sell like hotcakes in New York City. And Liia Minnebaeva will blow you away with her Bashkir Farm Cheese Donuts—a treat from her childhood in Oktyabrsky in western Russia. Though each story is unique, they all celebrate one thing: Food brings people together, and there’s no better proof of that than the Queens Night Market, where flavors from all over the world can be enjoyed in one unforgettable place. Review An Amazon Best Book of 2020 One of Esquire’s Ten Best Cookbooks of 2020 “Relive memories of the Queens Night Market. . . . Each of the recipes, and the accompanying profiles, is crammed with compelling details.” —The New York Times “Food is the best way to understand the story of a person—where they came from, where they’re going, what they hold dear. And the world comes to roost at the Queens Night Market.” —Esquire “This extensive collection of recipes and stories from around the world will transport you.” —Forbes “Charmingly designed and illustrated with a mix of photographs and hand-drawn depictions of ingredients and dishes, the effect is that of a cherished cookbook that has been handed from friend to friend. The magic of the event is really captured by this book.” —Booklist “If you can’t visit an outdoor food market. . . then you can pretend to be there by cooking your own takeout.” —Fortune “Heirloom and street food recipes are the tempting stars of this cookbook. They reflect Wang and Garner’s commitment to celebrating New York’s ethnic diversity. . . . Garner’s extended recipe introductions and interviews are resonant with poignant stories about the many challenges each chef has faced. . . . Their individual stories and food memories season the recipes with even more flavor and meaning.”— Foreword Reviews, starred review “Along with the recipes are the voices of people from four continents, all bringing their dreams, culture and energy to their new home. Their stories are as nourishing as their food, giving hope that the American Dream is still achievable .”—Shelf Awareness for Readers “This wildly diverse collection introduces a galaxy of flavors.” —Publishers Weekly About the Author John Wang was born and raised in Texas, but his love affair with night markets started during the childhood summers he spent visiting Taiwan. A graduate of Yale’s law and business school (and triple-major from the University of Michigan), John quit his high-paying M&A attorney job at a premier law firm after paying off his student loans and in 2015 pursued his dream of creating what came to be the Queens Night Market. Now in its 5th year, the popular event averages over 12,000 visitors every summer Saturday—and has welcomed over 1 million visitors since its inception. Along with his wife Storm Garner, he is co-author of the market’s cookbook The World Eats Here. DC-born, Paris-raised, and based in New York City since working on her first La Mama, ETC theater production in 2006, Storm Garner is a multi-disciplined artist—writer, filmmaker, designer, actor, musician—with a BA in Nonfiction Creative Writing from Columbia University and current student in Columbia’s Oral History Master’s Program. She created the video for the Queens Night Market’s first Kickstarter campaign and the stories included in this book are derived from her long-form interviews with participating vendors for her thesis The Queens Night Market Vendor Stories Oral History Project, which will be publicly archived at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.
