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"The old adage 'you are what you eat' has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we ingest and in what we think about it. Then there are connoisseurs, whose approaches to food address 'good taste' and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Strong, Jeremy
Format: Electronic Software eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.
Series:At table series.
Subjects:
Food habits.
Drinking customs.
Taste > Social aspects.
Gourmets.
Food > Social aspects.
Beverages > Social aspects.
Feeding Behavior
Habitudes alimentaires.
Boissons > Fonctions sociales.
Goût > Aspect social.
Aliments > Aspect social.
Boissons > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Beverages > Social aspects
Drinking customs
Food habits
Food > Social aspects
Gourmets
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Untitled; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Learning to Taste; 1. Feeding Finn; 2. The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food: The Establishment of Soviet Haute Cuisine; 3. The Flavor of the Place: Eating and Drinking in Payottenland; 4. National Tastes: Italy and Food Culture; 5. Teaching Wine Tasting; Part Two: Theorizing andContextualizing Taste; 6. The (Extensive) Pleasures of Eating; 7. A Short Poetics of Cruel Food; "Los Pajaritos del Aire": Disappearing Menus and After-DinnerSpeaking in Don Quixote; 9. Nourishment, Body and Soul: Modern Performers, Diverse Tastes

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