Description |
xiv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The importance of food and feasting around the world / Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells -- Boiled eggs with chicks inside, or what commensality means / Robert Ivar Lohmann -- A rat by any other name : conflicting definitions of "dinner" in Belize, Central America / Helen R. Haines -- The delicacy of raising and eating guinea pig / David John Goldstein -- Termites tell the tale : globalization of an indigenous food system among Abaluyia of Western Kenya / Maria G. Cattell -- Ode to a Chuño : learning to love freeze-dried potatoes in highland Bolivia / Clare A. Sammells -- Durian : the king of fruits or an acquired taste? / Maxine E. McBrinn -- MSG and sugar : dilemmas and tribulations of a "native" ethnographer / Lidia Marte -- Eating incorrectly in Japan / James J. Aimers -- No heads, no feet, no monkeys, no dogs : the evolution of personal food taboos / Miriam S. Chaiken -- Buona forchetta : overeating in Italy / Rachel Black -- "No thanks, I don't eat meat" : vegetarian adventures in beef-centric Argentina / Ariela Zycherman -- Eating with the Blackfeet : who's been eating whose food? / Susan L. Johnston -- Drinking Ethiopia / Ronald Reminick -- You are what you drink in Honduras / Joel Palka -- Epilogue : Edibles and ethnic boundaires, globalization and guinea pigs / Miriam S. Chaiken. |
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Food habits.
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Food preferences.
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Dinners and dining.
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Added Author |
Haines, Helen R.
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Sammells, Clare A., 1973-
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ISBN |
9781607320371 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1607320371 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781607320142 paperback alkaline paper |
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1607320142 paperback alkaline paper |
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