The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out Audiobook

Quotes

• 'As tales of saucepan-throwing, cocaine-snorting chefs attest, restaurants revel in drama and excitement... Always well-informed, never dull.'

  — Andrew Lycett

• 'Fascinating and often counterintuitive'

  — Michael Hodges

• 'William Sitwell has the palate of a great chef, the honesty of a high court judge and he holds the pen of P.G.Wodehouse'

  — Marco Pierre White

• 'A warm-hearted romp through the history of eating out... This wide-ranging literary feast is particularly apposite at a time when many of us are noticing how much money we’re saving by not eating out.'

  — Ysenda Maxtone Graham

• ‘An immensely engaging guide ... Sitwell never takes himself too seriously. As Dr Johnson declared, “There is nothing… by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn,” and it is bittersweet to enjoy it here vicariously.'

  — Robert Eustace

• 'The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out is a story of life. A must read for anyone interested in food or history.’

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• 'Supremely readable'

  — Annie Gray