A History of Restaurants with a Serving of Snobbery, Theatrics and Insolvency Restaurants have never been just places to eat. Steven Fogel examines what dining rooms reveal about ambition, class, hierarchy, celebrations, power and the English on display. From post-war austerity to Michelin stars, he takes a wry look at front-of-house snobbery, staff hierarchy, tipping, …

