The Social Significance of Dining out

'This is a remarkable book that will be of wide interest to sociologists of consumption and scholars of food studies more generally. Not only is it rare to undertake a national study of eating out in commercial establishments and friends'/relatives' houses, but it is probably without precedent to repeat such a study after an interval of twenty yearsbetween 1995 and 2015 ... The book fills a large gap in the sociology of eating out and thus makes an extremely important contribution to the field. By documenting a central social activity in both socio-political space and over time, the authors have created a very valuable resource that will be widely consulted in years to come.' British Journal of Sociology 'This is an exquisitely detailed and deliberate sociology of the ordinary restaurant meal and dinner with friends It is the perfect book to teach with and I will do so.' Contemporary Sociology -- .

Alan Warde is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester Jessica Paddock is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol Jennifer Whillans is a Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Research Methods at the University of Bristol -- .

Part I: Introduction 1 Dining out 2 Method and context Part II: Familiarisation 3 Patterns of dining out 4 The meaning of eating out Part III: Informalisation 5 Food at home 6 Domestic hospitality 7 Restaurant performances 8 Organising eating Part IV: Diversification 9 Regard for variety 10 Aesthetics, enthusiasm and culinary omnivorousness 11 Landscape of variety Part V: Continuity and change 12 The practice of eating out 13 Explaining continuity and change Index -- .