Eating Out
Social Differentiation, Consumption and Pleasure

Eating Out, first published in 2000, is a fascinating study, based on extensive recent research, of the practice of eating out.

Alan Warde (Author), Lydia Martens (Author)

9780521590440, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 March 2000

260 pages, 5 b/w illus. 31 tables
23.6 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.535 kg

"Eating Out offers a significant introduction and foundation to future study, suggesting new questions to be asked and new theories to structure our understanding of this ever more prevalent mode of food consumption." Gastronomica

Eating Out, first published in 2000, is a fascinating study of the consumption of food outside the home, based on extensive original research carried out in England in the 1990s. Reflecting the explosion of interest in food, ranging from food scares to the national obsession with celebrity chefs, the practice of eating out has increased dramatically over recent years. Through surveys and intensive interviews, the authors have collected a wealth of information into people's attitudes towards, and expectations of, eating out as a form of entertainment and an expression of taste and status. Amongst other topics they examine social inequalities in access to eating out, social distinction, interactions between customers and staff, and the economic and social implications of the practice. Eating Out will be a valuable resource to academics, advanced students and practitioners in the sociology of consumption, cultural studies, social anthropology, tourism and hospitality, home economics, marketing, and the general reader.

Acknowledgements
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
1. The study and its rationale
Part I. Modes of Provision: 2. The development of the habit of eating out in the UK
3. The meanings of eating out
Part II. Access: 4. Patterns of eating out
5. Domestic organisation, family meals and eating out
Part III. Delivery: 6. Personal service in public and private places
7. Last suppers
Part IV. Enjoyment: The Attractions of Eating Out: 8. Eating out and its gratifications
9. The enjoyment of meal events
Part V. Conclusion: 10. Eating out and the theories of consumption
Methodological appendix: data collection and analysis
References.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]