Smart casual : the transformation of gourmet restaurant style in America / Alison Pearlman.

Explores the evolution of gourmet restaurant style in recent decades, which has led to an increasing informality in restaurant design, and examines what these changes say about current attitudes toward taste.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearlman, Alison (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Gastronomy > United States > History > 20th century.
Gastronomy > United States > History > 21st century.
Restaurants > United States > History > 20th century.
Restaurants > United States > History > 21st century.
Physical Description:209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • When fine dining met casual dining
  • New shapers of trends and taste
  • Exhibition kitchens and the theater of manual labor
  • Gourmet plays on common food faves.