1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Performer
Hosted by Geoffrey Baer.
Credits
Camera, Tim Boyd ; editor, Paul Thornton ; original score by Chris Ussery.
System Details
DVD; stereo.
Summary
Explores Chicago's culinary and food manufacturing history, including the area's many international influences and flavors and some of the local industries.
Contents
The foods of Chicago -- Maxwell Street -- Native American -- Middle Eastern -- The Stockyards -- African-American -- The middle of the Midwest -- Irish -- Jewish -- Chinese -- Greek -- Candy -- German -- Puerto Rican -- South Asian -- Italian -- Mexican -- Polish -- The Chicago hot dog.
Note
Special features: two segments originally broadcast on the Chicago stories television program: Chicago's favorite foods and the Pump Room.