WAYFORD HISTORICAL HOSPITALITY STUDIES
Reading the sources.
Understanding hospitality.
Editorial source portraits exploring organisation, service and published gastronomic judgement.
HISTORICAL SOURCE · 1692
La Maison réglée
The organisation of hospitality.
A work on managing a large household, the duties of its staff and the organisation of services.
Explore the source HISTORICAL SOURCE · 1803Almanach des gourmands
The culture of considered judgement.
Gastronomic guidance published from 1803: observation, context and judgement made accessible to readers.
Explore the sourceSources & context
The source portraits explain the historical background to our methodology. Statements about individual providers appear in their respective entries.
