Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureWhy are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it's "bad" to eat people but "good" to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences. |
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... line 2 Kust 1983 page 93 , line 10 Brereton 1976 ; White 1964 ; Simp- son 1951 ; Law 1980 page 94 , line 26 Hehn ... 14 Gade 1976 : 2 page 100 , line 27 Bernheim and Rousseau 1908 page 101 , line 3 Larrey 1812-17 page 101 , line 23 Root ...
... line 2 Kust 1983 page 93 , line 10 Brereton 1976 ; White 1964 ; Simp- son 1951 ; Law 1980 page 94 , line 26 Hehn ... 14 Gade 1976 : 2 page 100 , line 27 Bernheim and Rousseau 1908 page 101 , line 3 Larrey 1812-17 page 101 , line 23 Root ...
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... line 14 Gates 1960 : 216 page 116 , line 20 Ibid . : 216-17 page 116 , line 28 Root and Rochemont 1976 : 112 page 116 , line 33 Gates 1960 : 231 page 117 , line 31 Root and Rochemont 1976 : 204 page 118 , line 7 Towne and Wentworth 1955 ...
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... line 33 Ferro - Luzzi 1980b : 253 page 149 , line 1 Jaffrey 1973 page 151 , line 14 Cross 1977 page 152 , line 30 Dahl and Hjort 1976 : 159ff CHAPTER EIGHT SMALL THINGS page 155 , line 34 McGrew 1977 : 278 page 156 , line 31 Bodenheimer ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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