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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... cooking . Charles Lamb , in his “ Dis- sertation on Roast Pig , " accounted for the origin of cooking in this way : A farmhouse accidentally burns down , and the pigs kept there by its owners are roasted in the flames . A boy poking ...
... cooking . Charles Lamb , in his “ Dis- sertation on Roast Pig , " accounted for the origin of cooking in this way : A farmhouse accidentally burns down , and the pigs kept there by its owners are roasted in the flames . A boy poking ...
Page 107
... cooking . Some of these ( such as coddle ) are little used , some are compounds ( pan - fry , oven - bake ) , and some are applied to specific dishes ( such as to scallop potatoes , to plank meat , or to shirr eggs ) . And some , such ...
... cooking . Some of these ( such as coddle ) are little used , some are compounds ( pan - fry , oven - bake ) , and some are applied to specific dishes ( such as to scallop potatoes , to plank meat , or to shirr eggs ) . And some , such ...
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... Cooking practices Food taboos : and allergic reactions , 125 ; and " bait shyness , " 125–126 ; during famine , 212 ; India's sacred cows , 118-123 ; pork prohibition , 112-118 ; of pregnant women , 73- 75 ; prevalence of , 126 ...
... Cooking practices Food taboos : and allergic reactions , 125 ; and " bait shyness , " 125–126 ; during famine , 212 ; India's sacred cows , 118-123 ; pork prohibition , 112-118 ; of pregnant women , 73- 75 ; prevalence of , 126 ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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