Mimi Sheraton - Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life (2004)

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The aspect of gastronomy that most intrigues me now is the philosophy of food — the ideas, humors and beliefs behind the myriad food symbolisms in superstition, religion and folklore, and the social attitudes that foster the rules of eating we call manners or etiquette.

Mimi Sheraton

Two generations ago, children were admonished never to eat while walking in the street, as it was vulgar.

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In Eastern Europe bread and salt are considered lucky gifts for inhabitants of a new home.

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Romances and marriages are usually over long before they are over.

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We have higher quality conversations in restaurants than at home. It's as though we rise to the occasion by selecting worthwhile, less mundane subjects to discuss when eating out, just as we dress more carefully...

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