The Theory and Practice of Lunch

Book excerpt: What this book is not -- Short history of lunch -- What lunch is not -- What lunch is -- Why lunch is not dinner -- Useful phrases -- Ambience -- Clutter -- Out places -- Duties of the lunch companion -- Table-hopping -- The menu -- The eating part -- Lemons -- A glass of water -- A nice salad -- Only if you will -- The drinking part -- Bad companions -- The bill -- The tip -- Indigestifs -- Eating on t' street -- Brasseries -- Ever on Sunday -- Brunch -- Home cooking -- Luncheon for one please, James -- Playing away -- Getting it regular -- Dress -- Care and training of waiters -- Cloth ears -- Ugly customers -- Smokeism -- Why are we waiting? -- Troublemaking -- The deserving rich -- The deserving poor -- Fifty uses of lunch -- The good mood guide.