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In the News . . .

• Research reveals why some find the sound of others eating so irritating -- The Guardian (24 May 2021)
  
  
• Family-meal image wins international food photo contest -- BBCNews (28 April 2021)
  
  
• 5 Ways British and American Meal Etiquette is Very Different (13:13) -- Lost in the Pond (22 March 2020)
  
  
• Why food service changes how much we eat -- The Guardian (30 January 2020)
  
  
• For Many Widows, the Hardest Part Is Mealtime -- The New York Times (28 October 2019)
  
  
• Weeknight Dinner around the World -- The New York Times (24 September 2019)
  
  
• The table is a great place to reconnect as a family. We'll show you how. -- The New York Times (20 January 2019)
  
  
• The tasty tradition of Taiwan’s midnight meals -- BBCtravel (13 December 2018)
  
  
• The food of love: cooking brought my family together – a comic -- The New York Times (17 April 2018)
  
  
• Trubek, Amy. Making Modern Meals: How Americans Cook Today. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2017.
  
  
• Banned from the dinner table? Here's advice for talking politics during the holidays -- MPRNews (24 November 2017)
  
  
• It's not just politics. Food can stir holiday conflict, too -- MPRNews (22 November 2017)
  
  
• The real reason why Spaniards eat late -- BBCTravel (08 May 2017)
  
  
• ‘Table Manners,’ Chef Jeremiah Tower’s Guide for All Dining Challenges -- NYTimes (13 December 2016)
  
  
• Babies Chew on Subtle Social, Cultural Cues at Mealtime -- ScienceDaily (02 September 2016)
  
  
• Infants Develop Early Understanding of Social Nature of Food -- ScienceDaily (22 August 2016)
  
  
• Can skipping meals improve your life? [Soylent] -- BBCNews (06 July 2016)
  
  
• Is there really a five-second rule about food on the floor? -- CNN (15 June 2016)
  
  
• Something to chew on - the rising popularity of meal kits -- BBCNews (09 June 2016)
  
  
• It’s Dinner in a Box. But Are Meal Delivery Kits Cooking? -- The New York Times (04 April 2015)
  
  
• An epic dinner party quest in Lima -- BBCTravel (16 March 2016)
  
  
• History's great minds and the foods that fueled them -- MPRNews (14 March 2016)
  
  
• Can changing your mealtimes make you healthier? -- BBCNews (13 January 2016)
  
  
• Is this the sweet secret to Swedish success? -- BBCcapital (13 January 2016)
  
  
• Inside Spain's secret food societies -- BBCtravel (12 January 2016)
  
  
• Expert Roundtable: The Psychological Benefits of Our Thanksgiving Rituals -- Conversation (24 November 2015)
  
  
• Does England make the world's most delicious breakfast? -- BBCTravel (09 July 2015)
  
  
• Science says: eat with your kids -- Conversation (09 January 2015)
  
  
• 'Consider the Fork' Chronicles Evolution of Eating -- NPR (20 December 2012)
  
  

• Carroll, Abigail, Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal. NY: Basic Books, 2013.
  
  
• Domestic Staff Roles.” Bricks & Brass: Staff Roles. Accessed December 7, 2019.
  
  
• Flandrin, Jean Louis. Arranging the Meal: A History of Table Service in France. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
  
  
• Food: Transforming the American Table, 1950-2000 -- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
  
  
• Fox, Robin. "Food and Eating: An Anthropological Perspective," Oxford, UK: Social Issues Research Center, pp. 1-22.
  
  
• Girouard, Mark. Life in the English Country House: a Social and Architectural History. The Folio Society, 2019.
  
  
• Haber, Barbara. From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals. New York: The Free Press, 2002.
  
  
• Holland, Evangeline. “Domestic Servants in Edwardian England.” Edwardian Promenade, 6 Aug. 2014. Accessed December 7, 2019.
  
  
• Jurafsky, Dan. The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu. NY: Norton, 2014.
  
  
• Latham, Jean. The pleasure of your company: a history of manners & meals. London: A. and C. Black, 1972.
  
  
• Levenstein, Harvey. Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet . University of California Press, 2003.
  
  
• Levenstein, Harvey. Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America, Revised Edition . University of California Press, 2003.
  
  
• McMillan, Sherrie. “What Time is Dinner?”. History Magazine, October/November 2001.
  
  
• Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. NY: Penguin, 2006.
  
  
• Shapiro, Laura. Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America. NY: Penguin, 2005.
  
  
• Smith, Andrew F. Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine. Columbia University Press, 2011.
  
  
• This, Hervé, and Malcolm DeBevoise. Building a Meal: From Molecular Gastronomy to Culinary Constructivism. NY: Columbia University Press, 2009.
  
  
• Turner, Katherine Leonard. How the Other Half Ate: A History of Working-Class Meals at the Turn of the Century (California Studies in Food and Culture). Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014.
  
  
• Visser, Margaret. The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners. Harpercollins Canada, 2008.
  
  
• Warner, Melanie. Pandora’s Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal. NY: Scribner, 2013.
  
  
• Wilson, Bee. Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat. Basic, 2012.
  • 'Consider the Fork' Chronicles Evolution of Eating -- NPR (20 December 2012)
  
  
• Ziegelman, Jane, and Andrew Coe. A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression. NY: HarperCollins, 2016.