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The Luxury of the Aristocracy

(Or the Building of the Unitary State, 1861–1880)

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Food and Foodways in Italy from 1861 to the Present

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It had always been important to the prince that the first dinner at Donnafugata have a solemn character. Children under fifteen years of age were excluded from the table, French wines were served, there was punch in the Roman style before the roast, and the servants were in powder and breeches.

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Scarpellini, E. (2016). The Luxury of the Aristocracy. In: Food and Foodways in Italy from 1861 to the Present. Worlds of Consumption. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137569622_1

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