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Hmmm, delicious … but is it a good appetiser?
Hmmm, delicious … but is it a good appetiser? Photograph: Jon Super/The Observer
Hmmm, delicious … but is it a good appetiser? Photograph: Jon Super/The Observer

Why do restaurants give us bread at the start of the meal?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Why do restaurants give us bread at the start of the meal? I can never resist eating it, but it means I fill up and don’t appreciate the meal fully. It seems counterproductive for both restauranteur and diner. Colin Woodcock, Beaconsfield

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