The rituals of dinner : the origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners / Margaret Visser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Visser, Margaret.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--History.

Food habits.

History.

Table etiquette--History.

Table etiquette.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xiii, 432 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin, 1992.

Summary:

With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-416) and index.

Reprint. First published in the United States of America by Grove Weidenfield, 1991.

Local Notes:

Blank Collection copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

ISBN:

0140170790

9780140170795

OCLC:

26327551