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Honeybee Hotel - The Waldorf Astoria's Rooftop Garden and the Heart of NYC (Hardcover)
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Honeybee Hotel - The Waldorf Astoria's Rooftop Garden and the Heart of NYC (Hardcover)
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The fascinating story of the urban honeybee garden on the roof of
the legendary Waldorf Astoria hotel. The tale of Honeybee Hotel
begins over one hundred years ago, with the Astor family and the
birth of the iconic Manhattan landmark, the magnificent Waldorf
Astoria. In those early days the posh art deco masterpiece had its
own rooftop garden for guests to enjoy. Fast-forward to the turn of
the twenty-first century, and we meet executive chef David
Garcelon, the creative genius behind the idea of restoring the
celebrated rooftop garden. His vision included six hives containing
some 300,000 honeybees, which would provide a unique flavor for his
restaurant's culinary masterpieces. Yet Garcelon's dream was much
grander than simply creating a private chefs' garden: he wanted the
honeybee garden to serve as a bond among people. Soon the staff of
the hotel, the guests, local horticulturists, and beekeeping
experts formed a community around the bees and the garden, which
not only raised vegetables, herbs, and honey to be served in the
hotel but also provided healthy food to the homeless shelter across
the street at St. Bartholomew's Church. Through her meticulous
research and interviews with culinary glitterati, entomologists,
horticulturists, and urban beekeepers, Leslie Day leads us on a
unique insider's tour of this little-known aspect of the natural
world of New York City. She familiarizes us with the history of the
architectural and cultural gem that is the Waldorf and introduces
us to the lives of Chef Garcelon and New York City's master
beekeeper, Andrew Cote. Day, an urban naturalist and incurable New
Yorker, tells us of the garden's development, shares delectable
honey-based recipes from the hotel's chefs and mixologist, and
relates the fate of the hotel in the wake of the Waldorf's change
of ownership. During our journey, we learn quite a bit about
apiaries, as well as insect and flower biology, through the lives
of the bees that travel freely around the city in search of nectar,
pollen, and resin. This absorbing narrative unwraps the heart
within the glamour of one of the world's most beloved cities, while
assuring us that nature can thrive in the ultimate urban
environment when its denizens care enough to foster that
connection.
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