The Invention of the Restaurant

Nonfiction, History, France, Food & Drink, Food Writing
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Author: Rebecca L. Spang ISBN: 9780674919143
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: November 30, 2001
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Rebecca L. Spang
ISBN: 9780674919143
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: November 30, 2001
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

During the 1760s and 1770s, those who were sensitive and supposedly suffering made public show of their delicacy by going to the new establishments known as "restaurateurs' rooms" and sipping their bouillons there. However, the restaurants that had begun as purveyors of health food soon became sites for extending frugal, politically correct hospitality and later became symbols of aristocratic greed. From restoratives to Restoration, Spang establishes the restaurant at the very intersection of public and private in French culture--the first public place where people went to be private.

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During the 1760s and 1770s, those who were sensitive and supposedly suffering made public show of their delicacy by going to the new establishments known as "restaurateurs' rooms" and sipping their bouillons there. However, the restaurants that had begun as purveyors of health food soon became sites for extending frugal, politically correct hospitality and later became symbols of aristocratic greed. From restoratives to Restoration, Spang establishes the restaurant at the very intersection of public and private in French culture--the first public place where people went to be private.

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