28 JUNE 1997, page 37

History Of Meals

Grand old sit-downs Jonathan Keates S o that's it then, say the pundits and media oracles, dinner this summer is a defi- nite no-no. The thing to do instead, it seems, is to......

Canapes

Dangerous hors d'oeuvres A.A. Gill L ook here, one of the things we expect- ed a new touchy-feely administration to do pronto was to get rid of all those sad young people......