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This is a remarkable exploration of the way we eat. Solidifying her standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life, Margaret Visser takes on the sweeping history of table manners, from the civilisations 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

Author

Margaret Visser

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241293645

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Rating

3.78 / 5 (338 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14