A Century of Dining in Style

This is the ultimate style guide to 20th century dining andsocial history in the West, as reflected in popular recipes and typesof foods, what people used in the way of cutlery, tableware, and tablesettings, and trends relating to styles of dining (picnics,smorgasbords, etc.). The book is divided into decades -each decade is represented by a separate chapter. The text describesparticular political and social events of each decade that influencedthefood and dining styles popular in that period. These coverglassware, cutlery, crockery, and to some extent furniture andtextiles. There is information about which companies and designers werein vogue, and interesting magazine and newspaper advertisements fromthe time also feature.