The Restaurant: A History

£16.00

A fascinating and accessible look at how restaurants evolved throughout Britain, Europe and America to become what they are today, written by our historical advisor Steven Moore.

Categories: , Tag:

A fascinating and accessible look at how restaurants evolved throughout Britain, Europe and America to become what they are today, written by our historical advisor Steven Moore. Sections include:

  • Cook shops, monasteries, inns and taverns
  • Dissolution of the monasteries impact on food service
  • The influence of coffee and chocolate
  • How further developments in transport influenced food service
  • The birth of tearooms
  • The ‘table d’hote’ and the beginnings of the restaurant
  • Restaurants in America
  • The ‘Indian’ restaurant in Britain