The rituals of dinner: The origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners - Hardcover

Visser, Margaret

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9780002156998: The rituals of dinner: The origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners

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ISBN 10: 0002156997 ISBN 13: 9780002156998

Publisher: New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991

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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; Physical desc.:xiii,432p. ; 24cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 379-416. - Includes index.Subjects: Etiquette History.

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About the Author:

Margaret Visser is a writer and broadcast with a particular interest in the mythology of everyday life. Her books include The Gift of Thanks, Much Depends on Dinner, The Rituals of Dinner, The Way We Are, and The Geometry of Love. Many of these have been bestsellers and have won major international awards, including the Glenfiddich Award for Foodbook of the Year in Britain in 1989, the International Association of Culinary Professionals' Literary Food Writing Award, and the Jane Grigson Award. Her Massey Lectures on CBC radio were later published as the bestselling book Beyond Fate. Visser's books have been translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. She frequently appears on radio and television, and has lectured extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Australia.

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