在2001年9月11日之前，無(wú)論在象征意義還是實(shí)際意義上，“世界之窗”（Windows on the World）餐廳都可謂是美國(guó)精致餐飲的巔峰。它既是美國(guó)最賣座的餐廳之一，也是位置最為高聳的餐廳，坐落于世界貿(mào)易中心（World Trade Center）北塔的107層。湯姆·羅斯頓在《全球最壯觀的餐廳》（The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World）（艾布拉姆斯出版社）的開場(chǎng)白中以宿命般的口吻描繪了這家餐廳最后的早晨。不過(guò)對(duì)于這家創(chuàng)立于1976年、好評(píng)如潮的餐廳的歷史，這部作品提供了一個(gè)全新的視角。本書講述的不僅是這家餐廳的故事，也是過(guò)去150年來(lái)精致餐飲的發(fā)展史，它扎根于紐約涌現(xiàn)的餐廳文化之中，伴隨著20世紀(jì)后半葉這座城市的興衰起伏，在紛亂動(dòng)蕩中不斷前進(jìn)。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

Before Sept. 11, 2001, the restaurant Windows on the World was figuratively and literally at the pinnacle of fine dining in America. It was one of the highest-grossing restaurants in the nation and the loftiest, sitting on the 107th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Tom Roston’s The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World (Abrams Press) opens with the inevitable prologue set on the restaurant’s final morning. But the book offers a completely new perspective on the history of the acclaimed establishment, which opened its doors in 1976. This isn’t just an account of the restaurant but also a history of fine dining over the past 150 years, rooted in the emergence of New York’s restaurant culture and following the ebb and flow of the city’s own tumultuous history over the second half of the 20th century.

本文的另一個(gè)版本登載于《財(cái)富》2019年9月刊，標(biāo)題為《精致餐飲》。

譯者：嚴(yán)匡正

A version of this article appears in the September 2019 issue of Fortune with the headline "High Dining."