Rebecca L. Spang

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Rebecca L. Spang



Average rating: 3.81 · 193 ratings · 30 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Invention of the Restau...

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“Defining the gastronomer as someone who appreciated any well-prepared dish, no matter how humble its origins, Grimod de la Reynière pointedly distinguished the subtleties of “savoir-manger” from the easily calculated vulgarities of wherewithal.53 Gastronomic sensitivity, he asserted, did not depend on social position”
Rebecca L. Spang, The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture, With a New Preface

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