The Invention of the Restaurant
Gastronomie
Paris (france), social life and customs
Sociale situatie
Habitudes alimentaires
Feeding Behavior
Restaurants
Mœurs et coutumes
Food habits
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Social life and customs
History
"Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating to be an enjoyable leisure activity or even a serious pastime? To find the answer to these questions, we must accompany Rebecca Spang back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a thing to eat: a…
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