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(More customer reviews)In most American towns, we take it for granted that any evening we can go out for pizza, sushi, or a great hamburger. But the restaurant, and the way we eat in it, is a relatively modern invention as Andrew Haley demonstrates. Patterns of eating and dining are particularly flexible markers of each society's cultural mores and tastes as Haley convincingly explains. Turning the Tables tackles issues as diverse as the "Americanization" of ethnic food, conflict between the middle classes and elites as arbiters of taste, the first modern incarnation of a "healthy eating" movement and women's entry into the public dining room. This book is incredibly well-researched and documented, but Haley's writing style is so engaging one is hard pressed to look away to follow the endnotes (one should: they are well worth it). This book will interest not only those with an interest in the history of food, but more generally anyone interested in American culture, the history of class, or gender history.
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