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Dr. or Prof. Brian Duff (University of New England, USA) Dr. Christopher Schaberg (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)

Restaurant

Dr. or Prof. Brian Duff (University of New England, USA), Dr. Christopher Schaberg (Washington University in St. Louis, USA), Professor Ian Bogost (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
29 May 2025

Semiotics & semiology; Philosophy: aesthetics; Material culture; Food & society

Series: Object Lessons

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In the last few decades, restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural presence. Chefs are heroes and thought leaders, well-executed entrées go viral, dining out has become theater, plating has become art and ubiquitous Instagram content. But in recent years restaurants have faced crisis upon crisis. Restaurant takes a deep dive into the drives, desires, and anxieties we bring to dining out at this time of uncertainty. It explores the meaning we find in good food and warm hospitality. It shows why the restaurant offers unique opportunities to change the quality of our engagement with others and to create shared meaning across the table

By: Dr. or Prof. Brian Duff (University of New England USA)
Series edited by: Dr. Christopher Schaberg (Washington University in St. Louis USA), Professor Ian Bogost (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 121mm,
ISBN: 9798765121825
Series: Object Lessons
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 29 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Duff is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New England, USA. He is the author of The The Parent as Citizen: A Democratic Dilemma (2011). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker and he has written restaurant reviews and food articles for The Portland Phoenix and The Boston Phoenix.

Reviews for Restaurant

A lyrical meditation on nourishment, conversation, and our fantasies that are all the more vital for being inevitably disappointed. * Rebecca L. Spang, author of The Invention of the Restaurant * This wonderful book ventures into the belly of the beast: post-pandemic America's reckoning with its appetites. Duff artfully exposes the question of the restaurant's future to be one of the pressing problems of our time."" * Margret Grebowicz, Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA * A smart and engaging account of what it means to eat in a restaurant today, what it doesn't mean, and what it can mean if we are careful and thoughtful enough. * Robert Appelbaum, author of Dishing It Out: In Search of the Restaurant Experience *