Not quite a "must read" for deli lovers and lovers of New York City, but close...

Anyone who has ever eaten at the Carnegie Deli will appreciate this book which gives a good history of one of New York's most legendary delis, and explains how and why those great big--and wasteful--sandwiches came to be.

Lots of interesting information here, but, in the end, it reads as if it were written primarily to sell as a "souvenir" of eating at the Carnegie.
Would be interesting to know if the book is sold at the Deli cash register and, if so, how many have been sold there...

And one should note that there is a coupon for a free piece of the Carnegie's New York Style Cheescake in the back. With New York prices, that alone could offset the cost of the book.

Go for it--the book and the cheesecake.

I purchased this product as a gift. It arrived in good time and was well received.