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Robert Appelbaum
'A fresh, candid, extremely personal
and often hilarious look at the experience
of restaurant-going from the vantage
of a serious critic of capitalism.'
             
-- Ken Albala


From
Reaktion Books.

Read an excerpt on Grimod de la Reynière,
the world's first published restaurant critic.

Recent Essays and Reviews:  Read them online.

Robert Appelbaum's most recent book is Dishing It Out


Born in Brooklyn, New York,
educated at the University of
Chicago and the University
of California, Berkeley,
Robert Appelbaum is Professor
of English Literature  
at Uppsala University, Sweden.


His current writing and
research focuses on food and
literature,terrorism and
literature, the aesthetics of
consumption, and the early
modern period.

Robert Appelbaum
English Department
University of Uppsala
Box 527, SE-751 20
Uppsala, Sweden
robert.appelbaum@engelska.uu.se