Hamburgers in paradise : the stories behind the food we eat /

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For the first time in human history, there is food in abundance throughout the world. More people than ever before are now freed of the struggle for daily survival, yet few of us are aware of how food lands on our plates. Behind every meal you eat, there is a story. Hamburgers in Paradise explains h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fresco, Louise O. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Waters, Liz (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Food supply > Social aspects.
Food supply > History.
Food consumption.
Food security.
Aliments > Consommation.
Sécurité alimentaire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Food Industry.
Food supply.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Food
  • A Voyage of Discovery
  • Paradise: An Exceptional Ecology
  • Eve's Temptation: Apple and Hamburger
  • Agriculture: A Triumph of Hard Work
  • Bread: The Most Iconic of Foods
  • Meat: Necessity and Luxury
  • Liquid Paradise: Food from Water
  • Hairy Apples: The Challenge of Biotechnology
  • Homesick for Paradise: "Organic" and "Natural"
  • Biodiversity: From Landscape to Gene
  • Roast Wolf and Deconstructed Olive: Cooking and Eating as a Worldview
  • Paradise on Every Street Corner: Food in the City
  • An Embarrassment of Riches: The Food Chain
  • A Shrinking Paradise: Back to Scarcity?
  • A Paradise within Reach: Sustainable Food Production
  • Food: Irresistible and Emotionally Charged
  • In Conclusion: Eve's Paradise.

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