Dining out used to be considered exceptional; however, the Food Standards Authority reported that in 2014, one meal in six was eaten away from home in Britain. Previously considered a necessary substitute for an inability to obtain a meal in a family home, dining out has become …
The book reports on a major research project on changes in dining out in three cities in England. It compares systematically popular practice in 1995 and 2015. Differences in taste and behaviour surrounding eating in restaurants and as guests of friends are put in the context of…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ba…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ban…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
by Chou, Cynthia, Kerner, Susanne, Warmind, Morten
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
Chapter 1. Introduction / Susanne Kerner and Cynthia Chou -- Part I. Everyday Commensality -- Chapter 2. Commensality and the Organization of Social Relations / Tan Chee-Beng -- Chapter 3. Commensal Circles and the Common Pot / Penny Van Esterik -- Chapter 4. Commensality betwee…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ba…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ba…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
by Chou, Cynthia, Kerner, Susanne, Warmind, Morten
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ba…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ba…
Commensality: from everyday food to feast
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval ba…