The Social Significance of Dining Out : A Study of Continuity and Change
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| Title: | The Social Significance of Dining Out : A Study of Continuity and Change |
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| Description: | Dining out used to be considered exceptional. However, the Food Standards Authority reported that in 2014, one meal in six was eaten away from home in Britain. Previously considered a necessary substitute for an inability to obtain a meal in a family home, dining out has become a popular recreational activity for a majority of the population, offering pleasure as well as refreshment.Based on a major mixed-methods research project on dining out in England, this book offers a unique comparison of the social differences between London, Bristol and Preston from 1995 to 2015, charting the dynamic relationship between eating in and eating out. Addressing topics such as the changing domestic divisions of labour around food preparation, the variety of culinary experience for different sections of the population, and class differences in taste and the pleasures and satisfactions associated with dining out, the authors explore how the practice has evolved across the three cities. |
| Authors: | Alan Warde, Jessica Paddock, Jennifer Whillans |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Dinners and dining--Social aspects, Restaurants--Social aspects, Food habits--Social aspects |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Dining out used to be considered exceptional. However, the Food Standards Authority reported that in 2014, one meal in six was eaten away from home in Britain. Previously considered a necessary substitute for an inability to obtain a meal in a family home, dining out has become a popular recreational activity for a majority of the population, offering pleasure as well as refreshment.Based on a major mixed-methods research project on dining out in England, this book offers a unique comparison of the social differences between London, Bristol and Preston from 1995 to 2015, charting the dynamic relationship between eating in and eating out. Addressing topics such as the changing domestic divisions of labour around food preparation, the variety of culinary experience for different sections of the population, and class differences in taste and the pleasures and satisfactions associated with dining out, the authors explore how the practice has evolved across the three cities. |
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| ISBN: | 9781526134752 9781526163776 9781526134769 9781526134776 |
