Eating Houses in Canterbury

Anchor Communications 1982 edition. Two copies. Both good with dustwrapper, one a little faded
This book is the story of 31 eating houses in Christchurch and some of the outlying districts of Canterbury. Through the eyes of a cook, a journalist, and an artist (assisted along the way by a local advocate,) people, eating houses and memorable slices of landscape have been drawn together to say something about the age-old phenomenon of human beings gathering together and eating together. Eating Houses in Canterbury is really a social commentary, rather than a tidy and tabulated guide of where, what and how much, although such matters are dealt with in general terms...