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The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret Paperback - 1992
by Margaret Visser
With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual.
Summary
With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual.
"Read this book. You'll never look at a table knife the same way again."—The New York Times.
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Table manners are as old as human society itself, the reason being that no human society can exist without them.
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- Title The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret
- Author Margaret Visser
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date July 1, 1992
- ISBN 9780140170795 / 0140170790
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.51 x 1.16 in (21.01 x 14.00 x 2.95 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 395.54
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- Christianity Today, 09/01/2008, Page 91
- Publishers Weekly, 05/25/1992, Page 0
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