How to Dine in Style: The Art of Entertaining, 1920 - Tapa dura

Rey, J.

 
9781851240869: How to Dine in Style: The Art of Entertaining, 1920
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ISBN 10: 1851240861 ISBN 13: 9781851240869
Editorial: Bodleian Library, 2013

Sinopsis

First published in 1920, How to Dine in Style opens a window onto the golden age of elegant dining, where the basic function of ingesting nourishment was elevated to a high social art, attended by intricate details and elaborate ritual.

Starched linens, candles, white gloves, apéritifs, ball suppers, French menus and garden-parties – this is the world of the decadent classes who came to prominence in the post-war period.

Published in an age where achieving a reputation for throwing recherché dinner parties was a route to international celebrity, this is a book about food as performance art. In it we catch tantalizing glimpses of astonishing excess such as the craze for eccentric venues for dinner parties, including the roof of a Chicago home (for amateur mountaineers), a lion’s den, and a gondola in the Savoy.

An engaging blend of practical advice and a catalogue of eccentricity, this book contains everything you need to know, from the fine art of composing a menu to the practicalities of the correct order and temperatures for serving wines.

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Acerca del autor

In addition to The Whole Art of Dining, J. Rey was the author of Le Guide du Gourmet à Table.

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Editorial
Bodleian Library
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1851240861
ISBN 13 
9781851240869
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Número de páginas
168
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