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About this book
A global history of restaurants beyond white tablescloths and maître d's, this book presents restaurants as both businesses and as venues for a range of human experiences. From banquets in tenth-century China to the medicinal roots of French restaurants, the origins of restaurants are not singular – nor is the history this book tells. This book highlights stories across time and place, including how Chifa restaurants emerged from the migration of Chinese workers and their marriage to Peruvian businesswomen in nineteenth century Peru; how Alexander Soyer transformed kitchen chemistry by popularizing the gas stove, predating the pyrotechnics of molecular gastronomy by a century; and how Harvey Girls dispelled the ill repute of waiting tables, making rich lives for themselves across the American West. An informed and entertaining history that takes readers from the world's first restaurants in Kaifeng to the latest high-end dining experiences.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Eating Away from Home: The Long History of Restaurants
- 2 The Restaurateur and You: The Private and the Public in the Early French Restaurants
- 3 Elite Eating and the Democratized Restaurant
- 4 The Menu and the Chef
- 5 The Maître d’ and the Waitress
- 6 Road Food
- 7 The Machine in the Restaurant
- 8 Chains and Local Gems
- 9 Global Dining
- Afterword
- References
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements
- Index