Setting the Table: How the Dinner Party Was Invented
The dinner party as a social form — courses served in sequence, guests seated around a table, conversation as the main entertainment — is a surprisingly recent invention with a specific history.
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The dinner party as a social form — courses served in sequence, guests seated around a table, conversation as the main entertainment — is a surprisingly recent invention with a specific history.