A celebration of Chicago food that goes far beyond deep-dish pizzafilled with recipes, photos, and local history! The food that fuels hardworking Chicagoans includes such local classics as Spinning Salad, Flaming Saganaki, Jumpballs, Jim Shoes, Pizza Puffs, and Pullman Bread. The restaurants, bakeries, taverns, and pushcarts of the city, cherished from one generation to the next, offer satisfying warmth in winter and sweet refreshment in summer. From the city that created the Cape Cod Room's Bookbinder Soup and the Original Rainbow Cone, as well as Andersonville Coffee Cake and Taylor Street's Italian Lemonade, this combination of cookbook and culinary history is a treat for Chicagoans, visitors, and anyone who loves hearty Midwestern fare.