How to Dine in Style : The Art of Entertaining, 1920 Hardback
by J. Rey
Hardback
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:184 pages, 30 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Bodleian Library
- Publication Date:04/10/2013
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- ISBN:9781851240869
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:184 pages, 30 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Bodleian Library
- Publication Date:04/10/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781851240869