Isbn: 9780802164834 - the rituals of dinner: the origins, evolution, eccentricities and meaning of table manners (7 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.25x5.50x8.19 inches. In Stock.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "One of the most important books ever written about food."Bee WilsonA New York Times Notable Book from one of our sharpest, most irresistibly witty writers, Margaret Visser's feast of fact The Rituals of Dinner is the definitive history of one of our most primal rituals: the mealThe cult classic and New York Times Notable Book that solidified Margaret Visser's standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life, The Rituals of Dinner is a sweeping history of table manners, from the civilizations of ancient Greece and medieval Europe to the way that technology has altered, and continues to alter, our behavior over dinner. She writes of everything from cultural idiosyncrasies around preparation and consumption, to the surprising origins of tablewareforks took eight centuries to become common utensils, the plate began as a four-day-old slice of bread. Replete with a new foreword by British food journalist Bee Wilson, and a new introduction by the author, The Rituals of Dinner blends folklore, history, and humor in this feast of fact and observation on one of our most primal rituals: the meal. This is the book on the way we eat.…