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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... chili peppers in short , chili con carne - would qualify . That is because people in North America know intuitively that chili con carne is in accord with the formula A + 2b for a meal that is , one central ingredient A ( in this case ...
... chili peppers in short , chili con carne - would qualify . That is because people in North America know intuitively that chili con carne is in accord with the formula A + 2b for a meal that is , one central ingredient A ( in this case ...
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... chili peppers , and many other strong spices as well . Chili peppers surpass almost all other plants as a source for vitamin A ; they are also a rich source of vitamin C and the B vitamins . Although they cannot , of course , be eaten ...
... chili peppers , and many other strong spices as well . Chili peppers surpass almost all other plants as a source for vitamin A ; they are also a rich source of vitamin C and the B vitamins . Although they cannot , of course , be eaten ...
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... chili pepper and tomato ; one in Chinese cooking is soy sauce and ginger root - and the same rice or chicken will ... peppers for “ hot ” CANTON CHINESE : soy sauce , brandied wine , ginger root , peanut oil ( sometimes also sugar and ...
... chili pepper and tomato ; one in Chinese cooking is soy sauce and ginger root - and the same rice or chicken will ... peppers for “ hot ” CANTON CHINESE : soy sauce , brandied wine , ginger root , peanut oil ( sometimes also sugar and ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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