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When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did "cuisine" become a concept and how did we come to judge food by its method of preparation, manner of consumption, and gastronomic merit?

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"Excels in its thoroughness, its epic sweep, and its rootedness in culinary tradition...it's also a pleasure." Salon.com. "Now that gastronomy and the culinary arts in general are finally being accepted as legitimate academic subjects, it is time we had available to us a copious... Read Full Overview