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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In the last few decades, restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural presence. Chefs are heroes and thought leaders, well-executed entrées go viral, dining out has become theater, plating has become art and ubiquitous Instagram content. But in recent years restaurants have faced crisis upon crisis. Restaurant takes a deep dive into the drives, desires, and anxieties we bring to dining out at this time of uncertainty. It explores the meaning we find in good food and…mehr

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In the last few decades, restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural presence. Chefs are heroes and thought leaders, well-executed entrées go viral, dining out has become theater, plating has become art and ubiquitous Instagram content. But in recent years restaurants have faced crisis upon crisis. Restaurant takes a deep dive into the drives, desires, and anxieties we bring to dining out at this time of uncertainty. It explores the meaning we find in good food and warm hospitality. It shows why the restaurant offers unique opportunities to change the quality of our engagement with others and to create shared meaning across the table
Autorenporträt
Brian Duff is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New England, USA. He is the author of The The Parent as Citizen: A Democratic Dilemma (2011). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker and he has written restaurant reviews and food articles for The Portland Phoenix and The Boston Phoenix.
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A lyrical meditation on nourishment, conversation, and our fantasies that are all the more vital for being inevitably disappointed.