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The Restaurant - A History of Eating Out (Hardcover)
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The Restaurant - A History of Eating Out (Hardcover)
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List price R603
Loot Price R544
Discovery Miles 5 440
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AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. The fascinating story of
how we have gone out to eat, from the ancient Romans in Pompeii to
the luxurious Michelin-starred restaurants of today. Tracing its
earliest incarnations in the city of Pompeii, where Sitwell is
stunned by the sophistication of the dining scene, this is a romp
through history as we meet the characters and discover the events
that shape the way we eat today. Sitwell, restaurant critic for the
Daily Telegraph and famous for his acerbic criticisms on the hit
BBC show MasterChef, tackles this enormous subject with his typical
wit and precision. He spies influences from an ancient traveller of
the Muslim world, revels in the unintended consequences for nascent
fine dining of the French Revolution, reveals in full hideous glory
the post-Second World War dining scene in the UK and fathoms the
birth of sensitive gastronomy in the US counterculture of the
1960s. This is a story of the ingenuity of the human race as
individuals endeavour to do that most fundamental of things: to
feed people. It is a story of art, politics, revolution, desperate
need and decadent pleasure. Sitwell, a familiar face in the UK and
a figure known for the controversy he attracts, provides anyone who
loves to dine out, or who loves history, or who simply loves a good
read with an accessible and humorous history. The Restaurant is
jam-packed with extraordinary facts; a book to read eagerly from
start to finish or to spend glorious moments dipping in to. It may
be William Sitwell's History of Eating Out, but it's also the
definitive story of one of the cornerstones of our culture.
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