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The Rituals of Dinner
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Description
Solidifying her standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life Margaret Visser takes on the 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 behaviour over dinner.
She writes of everything from cultural idiosyncrasies around preparation and consumption to the surprising origins of tableware - forks took eight centuries to become common utensils the plate began as a four-day-old slice of bread. Blending folklore history and humour this is a feast of fact and observation on one of our most primal rituals: the meal.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
482
Release Date:
2017-02-02
Publication Date:
2017-02-02
Publisher:
Penguin
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0241293642
ISBN13:
9780241293645
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
570 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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