Baptism, marriage, childbirth, death: these are the milestones of life, invariably marked by a feast or comforting rituals founded on food and drink. Some of these habits ...

Discusses food habits and dining etiquette of various countries. Includes a sampling of recipes.

This is the eighteenth volume of the ongoing series of papers and submissions to the Oxford Symposium on Food Cookery, the longest running food history conference in the world ...