Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

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Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

Why 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.
Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Kahn, Always Hungry, Never Greedy: Food and the Expression of Gender in a Melanesian Society (ISBN 9780881337761).

Country	USA
Author	Marvin Harris
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Waveland Pr Inc
EAN	9781577660156
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1577660153
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Waveland Pr Inc
Manufacturer	Waveland Pr Inc
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	289
PublicationDate	1998-07-01
Publisher	Waveland Pr Inc
Studio	Waveland Pr Inc
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

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