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Good to Eat

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Waveland Press, Incorporated, 1998 - Social Science - 289 pages
This text explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appears to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity.

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Review: Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

User Review  - Alissa - Goodreads

One of the things I really appreciate about this book is that Marvin Harris does a great deal to illustrate that people around the world don't have what some might consider to be irrational or unusual ... Read full review

Review: Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
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Snippet view - 1985
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Snippet view - 1985

About the author (1998)

Harris operated a Yellow Cab Company in Durham, North Carolina for over 25 years. They then bought an Airstream trailer and traveled for 25 years.

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TitleGood to Eat
AuthorMarvin Harris
Editionreprint
PublisherWaveland Press, Incorporated, 1998
ISBN1577660153, 9781577660156
Length289 pages
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