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With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual.

Read this book. You'll never look at a table knife the same way again.—The New York Times.

The Rituals of Dinner

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      Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/30/1992
      ISBN13: 9780140170795, 978-0140170795
      ISBN10: 0140170790

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      Book Synopsis
      With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual.

      Read this book. You'll never look at a table knife the same way again.—The New York Times.

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