How did our obsession with fine dining begin? Before Marea, the Four Seasons, and Bouley, there was Delmonico's, the first fine-dining restaurant in the U.S. and the candlelit stage for high society rituals. Paul Freedman, a professor of history at Yale, will discuss the history of upscale restaurants in NYC while you enjoy a 19th-century feast that an Edith Wharton heroine might have eaten.

• History of Fine Dining & 19th Century Dinner Details