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Browner, Jesse. The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down: an Informal History of Hospitality.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Oct. 2003. 208p. Bloomsbury, $23.95 (1-58234-297-0). 395.3.
When it comes to the act of entertaining, there's making do, and then there's doing more. Long held to be the epitome of no-strings selflessness, true hospitality may become an endangered ideal in an increasingly jaded culture. Viewing such cynicism from an erudite historical perspective, Browner asserts that hospitality has always been about satisfying the needs of the host versus the wants of the guest, though such self-indulgence is not meant to be pejorative. From Epicurus to Audubon, Hitler to Huxley, Browner serves ...
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