Thomas Downing & Oyster History Smart Mouth

He revolutionized the oyster bar - but his other, secret, work was more important.
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Sources:
Debra Freeman, Southern Grit 
Smart Mouth 
Splendid Table 
The Virginian-Pilot 
The Old Salt Blog 
The Black Gotham Digital Archive 
Union Oyster House 
Restauranting Through History 
Oxford Companion to Food 
American Heritage 
New York Times 
The Gotham Center for New York History 
Foodtimeline.org 
America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking 
History of Food 
Music: Hard Times Come Again No More, Stephen Foster 
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