Ok- so I am reading these crazy food books, and I just feel the need to share. This interesting bit is from 'The United States of Arugula', by David Kamp.
“The word ‘restaurant’ is attributed to a Paris soup merchant named Boulanger who believed that soups had curative, or restorative properties. Boulanger’s establishment, which opened in 1765, was said to have been adorned with a sign that read Boulanger debite des restaurants divins, which translates, more or less, as ‘Boulanger provides divine sustenance” (Kamp 32).
yay soup!
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