Food & Dining

## Thematic Tag: Food & Dining

This thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie mentions food, meals, dining, restaurants, or culinary topics. Food references in the diary reveal social customs, family dynamics, class indicators, and Marie's own relationship with eating and appearance.

## Common References

- *Meals: dîner (dinner, main meal), déjeuner (lunch), souper (supper), thé (tea, afternoon social ritual) - Dining contexts: family meals, restaurant dining, picnic excursions, hotel meals while traveling - Social dining: formal dinners as social events, dinner party seating arrangements, food served at receptions - Food as status: quality of food offered by hosts (Marie notes when hosts serve poorly), restaurant choices - Marie's eating habits*: occasionally mentions her appetite or lack thereof, especially in connection with health and nervousness

## Notable Patterns

- Marie describes dining more as social setting than culinary experience — she is more interested in who sat where and what was said than in what was eaten - Food served at others' homes is judged as a reflection of the host's generosity and wealth - Travel meals (hotel dining, restaurant stops) mark transitions between locations - Chocolate (chocolat) appears both as a drink and as a person's nickname