MOVABLE FEASTS

by Arnold Palmer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 22, 1953

Polished as a Sheffield place setting is this ""Reconnaissance of the Origins and consequences of Fluctuations in Meal-Times with special, attention to the introduction of Luncheon and Afternoon Tea."" Starting with 1780 and ending up with situations produced by twentieth century wars and domestic help shortages, Mr. Palmer records period changes in eating habits-of well-to-do British. Each of his penetrating and extremely digestible chapters is divided into discussions of the three principal meals and a total examination of the day, bespeaks a fine knowledge of the novels and other literature of the times (on which he draws amply for reference), and reveals its writes as a master of prose and humorous sociological insight. Some noteworthy emergent fas are that luncheon, though by 1815 a ""shy newcomer"", had ""marked the entry of a arange in habits that cannot be called less than tremendous..."" that by 1860 coffee had increased in price, lost its snob appeal and tea was gaining. Changes in business hours whims of ladies and so forth are some of the concurrent reasons for the innovations. For the scholarly epicure a must, made even more palatable by the addition of appropriate drawings by artists from each period.

Pub Date: Jan. 22, 1953

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Page Count: -

Publisher: Oxford

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1953

Categories: NONFICTION