The restaurants book : ethnographies of where to eat /

Other Authors: Beriss, David, Sutton, David E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Berg, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Starter : restaurants, ideal postmodern institutions / David Beriss and David Sutton
  • Tight spaces and salsa-stained aprons : bodies at work in American restaurants / Karla Erickson
  • Forming family identity in an American Chinese restaurant : one person's transformational process / Michael Hernandez
  • Tasting Wisconsin : a chef's story / Amy Trubek
  • Side dish kitchens : Japanese American delicatessens and the culture of nostalgia / Christine Yano
  • Familiarity, ambience and intentionality : an investigation into casual dining restaurants in central Illinois / Derek Pardue
  • Serving the past on a platter : cultural revolution restaurants in contemporary China / Jennifer Hubbert
  • Ethnic succession and the new American restaurant cuisine / Krishnendu Ray
  • From Khatchapuri to gefilte fish : dining out and spectacle in Russian Jewish New York / Eve Jochnowitz
  • Daughters, duty and deference in the Franco-Chinese restaurant / Winnie Lem
  • Authentic Creole : tourism, style and calamity in New Orleans restaurants / David Beriss
  • Food, family and tradition in northern Italy : The rise and fall of a Michelin-starred family restaurant / Gerald Mars
  • Tipping : an anthropological meditation / David Sutton
  • Digestif : postprandial imaginings / Michael Herzfeld.