D’Imperio offers this vicarious tour of the cuisine of upstate New York, organized by region with a few extra sections. Quoted conversations, historical vignettes, personal commentary, and color photographs serve to illustrate the culinary classics and novelties of Chautauqua/Allegheny, Greater Niagara, Finger Lakes, Thousand Islands/Seaway, Central Leatherstocking, Adirondacks/North Country, Catskills/Hudson Valley, and Capital District/Saratoga. After the regional dishes, the book turns to the holdout Howard Johnson’s in Lake Placid, traditions such as farmer’s markets and fish frys, overall classics of the state, and festivals. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)