<B>AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK.<BR/> The fascinating story of how we have gone out to eat, from the ancient Romans in Pompeii to the luxurious Michelin-starred restaurants of today.</B><BR/><BR/> Tracing its earliest incarnations in the city of <B>Pompeii,</B> where Sitwell is stunned by the sophistication of the dining scene, this is a romp through history as we meet the characters and discover the events that shape the way we eat today. Sitwell, restaurant critic for the <I>Daily</I><I> Telegraph</I> and famous for his acerbic criticisms on the hit <B>BBC show <I>MasterChef</I></B>, tackles this enormous subject with his typical wit and precision. He spies influences from an ancient traveller of the Muslim world, revels in the unintended consequences for nascent fine dining of the <B>French Revolution</B>, reveals in full hideous glory the post-Second World War dining scene in the UK and fathoms the birth of sensitive gastronomy in the US counterculture of the 1960s.<B
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