The Dinner Condition:Like New the principles remain the same

the principles remain the same - to rediscover the simple pleasure of food

Harding provides helpful background for each essay in her introductions to the reader's four sections

and strength for him when he was brought to trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition in 1633

and obsessed with one making movies on his computer by reassembling footage from popular films he downloads from the Net

The Dinner Condition:Like New the principles remain the sameDinner for four. Antagonistic brothers, Paul and Serge and their wives meet at an overpriced, pretentious restaurant for what promises to be a challenging evening. They don't know the half of it. When the small talk is over, the conversation will turn to their teenage sons. And the terrible thing they have done. And how far the four of them will go to save their children from the consequences of their actions