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Restaurant

Object Lessons

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Restaurant

By: Brian Duff
Narrated by: Chris Gaines
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

In the last few decades, restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural presence. Chefs are heroes and thought leaders, well-executed entrées go viral, dining out has become theater, plating has become art and ubiquitous Instagram content. But in recent years restaurants have faced crisis upon crisis.

The book Restaurant takes a deep dive into the drives, desires, and anxieties we bring to dining out at this time of uncertainty. It explores the meaning we find in good food and warm hospitality. It shows why the restaurant offers unique opportunities to change the quality of our engagement with others and to create shared meaning across the table.

©2025 Brian Duff (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Aesthetics Art of Storytelling Entertainment & Performing Arts Literary History & Criticism Philosophy Social Sciences
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