Dishing It Out In Search of the Restaurant Experience |
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| Author:
| Appelbaum, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86189-807-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Originating in pre-Revolutionary France but now widespread throughout the developed world, the restaurant has always been the locus of contradictory emotions. While the restaurant encourages conviviality, sophistication and generosity, it also fosters inequality, alienation and bad faith. Appelbaum takes the reader ona journey in search of the social values of good eating, whether sampling thefare at Catalonian bistros, Italian-American chophouses, global fast-foodjoints, or...
More DescriptionOriginating in pre-Revolutionary France but now widespread throughout the developed world, the restaurant has always been the locus of contradictory emotions. While the restaurant encourages conviviality, sophistication and generosity, it also fosters inequality, alienation and bad faith. Appelbaum takes the reader ona journey in search of the social values of good eating, whether sampling thefare at Catalonian bistros, Italian-American chophouses, global fast-foodjoints, or Michelin-starred temples of haute cuisine in London, Paris and LosAngeles. Dishing it Out is the first book to investigate the social mores of the restaurant.