The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture (Rebecca L. Spang) Daal and enthusiasts eager to “Eat

and enthusiasts eager to “Eat The World

this is the perfect gift or self-purchase for home cooks who are interested in the science of food and flavor

The All You Can Eat issue

Leo Madsen

The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture (Rebecca L. Spang) Daal and enthusiasts eager to “EatWhy are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today. This is a book about the French revolution in tasteabout how Parisians invented the modern culture of food, changing