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Consuming passions:

the anthropology of eating
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Houghton Mifflin, 1980 - Cooking - 279 pages
Explores the anthropological connections between various eating habits and human behavior, with such intriguing examples and Bantu society's dependence on beer and the Chinese culture's avoidance of milkshakes

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Old info and now out of print, but a very interesting look at the evolution of eating habits and cultures around the world. Read full review

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Contents

The Biological Baseline
17
The Emerging Human Pattern
40
Meal as Metaphor
97
Copyright

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TitleConsuming passions: the anthropology of eating
AuthorsPeter Farb, George J. Armelagos
PublisherHoughton Mifflin, 1980
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized19 Jul 2010
ISBN0395294487, 9780395294482
Length279 pages
Subjects › 

Cooking / General
Dinners and dining
Food
Food - Folklore
Food habits
Food/ Folklore
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / General
  
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