Much Depends On Dinner. The Extraordinary History And Mythology, Allure And Obsessions, Perils And Taboos Of An Ordinary Meal

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1989
Edition: First Edition

Description: 351 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: An excursion into the origins and background of an ordinary corn on the cob, chicken with rice, lettuce salad and ice-cream. Tracing the historical, cultural, agricultural and social strands that run through their history, the author presents the reader with an "anthropology of everyday life". This book was the winner of the 1990 Glenfiddich Award for the Food Book of the Year. The author also wrote "The Rituals of Dinner".

ISBN: 9780140469455