Eating is a social ritual. From dinner dates to everyday suppers, casual picnics to lavish feasts, dining brings people together for far more than satisfying the needs of the body. For centuries, cutlery has served as extensions of our hands, enriching how we experience food and the act of eating. Knives, forks, and spoons come between hand and mouth, articulating the experience of dining.
Historical overview / Sarah D. Coffin -- Manufacturing and marketing in Europe, 1600-2000 / Philippa Glanville -- The sexual politics of cutlery / Carolin C. Young -- Implements of eating / Darra Goldstein -- The design of table tools and the effect of form on etiquette and table setting / Suzanne von Drachenfels -- The proliferation of cutlery and flatware designs in nineteenth-century America / Jennifer Goldsborough -- Modern flatware and the design of lifestyle / Ellen Lupton.

• Trefwoorden
  eetcultuur, bestek, mes, lepel, vork, design
• Geografisch trefwoord
  Europa, Verenigde Staten