Canadian academic sets her capacious mind to work on the 'origins, evolution, eccentricities and meaning of table manners' and comes up with a book every page of which is a feast in itself. Fact, anecdote, history, psychology, art - the how, who, why, what, when and where of eating habits are explored and explained in prose it would be a delight to read on any subject.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 15 October 2002 ) |
