In the restaurant

Restaurants are never eaten alone. It is always about seeing and being seen, about a signal of style and distinction, and about being with strangers and yet at home. In the kitchen, at the counter and at the table, pleasure and hard work, elegance and exploitation, and cultural diversity and racism come together. Growing or grandiose: restaurants are a mirror of society. Ribbat reflects on the history of gastronomy through conversations with writers, thinkers, waiters and chefs, and travels from Germany to Tokyo, Chicago and Paris. In the restaurant there is a storytelling expedition that ranks between culture science and docu-novel, in which the phenomenon 'restaurant' from past to present is highlighted.

• Dutch
• 1st edition
• 9789045032986
• November 2016
• Paperback
• 256 pages