| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A collection of observations about the ways in which food and sex work unexpectedly together, including essays on the subconscious symbolism of food, food phobias and eccentricities, and the Freudian qualities of eating. |
| Contents |
Eating secrets -- The sex life of food -- Eating styles -- Sex in the kitchen -- Bedtime snacks -- Dinner in bed -- Love and bread and wedding cakes -- A bun in the oven -- Fairy-tale food -- I say it's spinach : food eccentricities and problems -- Comfort me with apples : comfort food -- Mine own petard : some inside stories -- The restaurant democracy -- Chewing the sound bite : political gastronomy -- The civilizing process : manners at the table -- Immortal meal : cannibalism -- Adolph Hitler, vegetaryan -- The Big Apple -- A few relevant recipes. |
| Subject |
Food habits -- Psychological aspects.
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Food preferences -- Psychological aspects.
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Sex (Psychology)
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| ISBN |
0312342071 |
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9780312342074 |
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