The exhibition reveals not only what people eat, but also who eats it, when, and where. Prints, paintings, drawings, and photographs demonstrate how food culture serves as both a reflection of the city and a driving force for urban development. Old maps depict markets and eateries, such as inner-city inns, country estates where the elite grew vegetables, stately canal houses with staff in the kitchens, and 19th-century middle-class and working-class neighborhoods where a very different food culture prevailed. In the 18th century, many influences came from France; a century later, chic restaurants modeled on Parisian cuisine appeared. Various immigrant cuisines entered the scene, and sandwich shops and snack bars became a defining feature of the streetscape. Time and again, new foods become iconic for Amsterdam.
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