ADFAS: Acquired Taste: The invention of the restaurant in 19th Century Paris
Michael Hoskins Creative Arts Centre The Armidale School, 87 Douglas Street, ARMIDALELife without restaurants is hard to imagine. In fact, the first such establishments, in France, were for the fastidious who shunned eating and required a restorative broth or restaurant. It was for such delicate stomachs that the Palais Royal offered dining rooms with separate tables, menus, fixed prices and flexible hours. After the Revolution, the unemployed cooks and maîtres d’ of the aristocracy finally began introducing the paying public to the delights of their cuisine. This lecture investigates the early […]
$5 – $25
