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After Tastes

"Come all ye who labour with the stomach, and I will restore you."

"Come all ye who labour with the stomach, and I will restore you." So read the sign, it is said, of one "M. Boulanger," an apocryphal early restaurateur of 18th-century France. While the man and the sign may not have even existed, Boulanger's message still evokes the perennial invitation of many an eatery both great and small.

Long before French bouillon shops transformed into the modern restaurant that we all recognize, humans had enjoyed gathering to eat in many configurations, from Greco-Roman cook shops and medieval inns to teahouses and taverns.

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