{"product_id":"9781851240869","title":"How to Dine in Style : The Art of Entertaining, 1920 by J. Rey","description":"First published in 1920, How to Dine in Style opens a window onto the golden age of elegant dining, where the basic function of ingesting nourishment was elevated to a high social art, attended by intricate details and elaborate ritual.     Starched linens, candles, white gloves, ap?ritifs, ball suppers, French menus and garden-parties - this is the world of the decadent classes who came to prominence in the post-war period.     Published in an age where achieving a reputation for throwing recherch? dinner parties was a route to international celebrity, this is a book about food as performance art. In it we catch tantalizing glimpses of astonishing excess such as the craze for eccentric venues for dinner parties, including the roof of a Chicago home (for amateur mountaineers), a lion's den, and a gondola in the Savoy.     An engaging blend of practical advice and a catalogue of eccentricity, this book contains everything you need to know, from the fine art of composing a menu to the practicalities of the correct order and temperatures for serving wines.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308024017269,"sku":"9781851240869","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781851240869.jpg?v=1762806232","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781851240869","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}