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(1) Don't Be Disgusting. New York Times, June 2, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/0 ... nni-della-casa.html
(book review on Giovanni Della Casa, Gelateo; Or, the rules of polite behavior. (published in 1558 and now a new translation) University of Chicago Press, 2013)
the first two paragraphs:
"In Renaissance Europe, Italy was Etiquette Central, attracting all the fascination and ridicule that go with that honor.
"English readers in the early 17th century assumed Tom Coryate, a professional jester turned travel writer, was joking when he reported that Italians did not attack their food with hands and hunting knives as did normal people, even normal royalty. Those finicky Italians wielded forks, a nicety that did not become common in the rest of Europe for another two centuries.
My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) A new year ago, there was a book review on New York Times, about Europeans using a hunting knife to cut meat, before a table knife was invented. The review did not mention the time or how the utensils were spread.
(c) Renaissance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance
(spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in [Florence,] Italy)
(d) Tom Coryat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coryat
(also Coryate; c 1577-1617; often credited with introducing the table fork to England)
(e) fork
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork
(section 1 History: In Italy, it became quite popular by the 14th century, being commonly used for eating by merchant and upper classes by 1600. * * * most of Europe did not adopt use of the fork until the 18th century)
(f) chopsticks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks
(section 2 History) |
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