Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of EatingHow people eat reveals to an astonishing degree all of the other qualities of their society. A look at an American fast-food restaurant is as diagnostic of culture as a New Guinea headhunter's shopping list of edible relatives. Beginning with an explanation of what happens to a steak dinner--and to you--when you eat it, Farb constructs a fascinating demonstration of the connections between eating habits and human behavior, explaining, for example, why Bantu society would unravel without beer, why Chinese don't drink milkshakes, and why Moslems and Jews abhor pork. |
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... Cuisine - UMANS are virtually the only creatures in the world that observe rules about what is eaten , how it is prepared , and with whom it is to be eaten . The only other animals that do anything remotely approximate are the Japanese ...
... Cuisine - UMANS are virtually the only creatures in the world that observe rules about what is eaten , how it is prepared , and with whom it is to be eaten . The only other animals that do anything remotely approximate are the Japanese ...
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... cuisine : an emphasis on the mincing and flavoring of foodstuffs before they are cooked , and the use of a single ... cuisine . By then it had become , with minor exceptions , what it is today : a cuisine emphasizing variety of ...
... cuisine : an emphasis on the mincing and flavoring of foodstuffs before they are cooked , and the use of a single ... cuisine . By then it had become , with minor exceptions , what it is today : a cuisine emphasizing variety of ...
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... cuisine , 195 ; as staple , 201 , 244n Staples : as basis of cuisine , 200 ( see also Cuisine ) ; metaphorical associ- tions with , 108. See also Maize ; Po- tato ; Rice Starch : craving of pregnant women for , 75 ; in digestive systems ...
... cuisine , 195 ; as staple , 201 , 244n Staples : as basis of cuisine , 200 ( see also Cuisine ) ; metaphorical associ- tions with , 108. See also Maize ; Po- tato ; Rice Starch : craving of pregnant women for , 75 ; in digestive systems ...
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The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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