| Description |
viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Everyone eats -- Obligatory omnivores -- Human nutritional needs -- More needs than one -- The senses : taste, smell, and the adapted mind -- Basics : environment and economy -- Food as pleasure -- Food classification and communication -- Me, myself, and the others : food as social marker -- Food and traditional medicine -- Food and religion -- Change -- Foods and borders : ethnicities, cuisines, and boundary crossings -- Feeding the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-284) and index |
| Subject |
Food habits.
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Food preferences.
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| LC no. |
2004014366 |
| ISBN |
0814704956 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814704964 paperback alkaline paper |
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