Front matter -- Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notes on authors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- Dining out -- Method and context -- Part II: Familiarisation -- Patterns of dining out -- The meaning of eating out -- Part III: Informalisation -- Food at home -- Domestic hospitality -- Restaurant performances -- Organising eating -- Part IV: Diversification -- Regard for variety -- Aesthetics, enthusiasm and culinary omnivorousness -- Landscape of variety -- Part V: Continuity and change -- The practice of eating out
Explaining continuity and change -- Methodological appendix -- References -- Index
Summary
The book reports on a major research project on changes in dining out in three cities in England. It compares systematically popular practice in 1995 and 2015. Differences in taste and behaviour surrounding eating in restaurants and as guests of friends are put in the context of wider social and cultural trends
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2020)
