The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table MannersThe author of the beloved Much Depends on Dinner turns her acute eye and irresistible wit from the foods we eat to the way in which we eat them. This is an exploration of our eating rituals - how we invite and seat people, how, and how much, we serve them, what we eat with and how the guests depart. Forks, which took eight centuries to become common utensils beside the plate, which itself began as a four-day-old slice of bread, provide a fascinating example of the evolution of social propriety. |
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Contents
BEHAVING | 6 |
LEARNING TO BEHAVE | 47 |
THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY | 91 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners |
| Author | Margaret Visser |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | HarperPerennial Canada, 2008 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | Jun 29, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1554682762, 9781554682768 |
| Length | 466 pages |
| Subjects | › › Cooking / Methods / General |
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