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Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

by Marvin Harris
RM31.00 MYR
Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

Unraveling the enigmas of global food customs.

Imagine you're a detective for the world's various eating habits, where even a distaste for spinach becomes a clue. "Good to Eat" offers an exciting journey through the dynamics of what we eat and why, catering to anyone intrigued by the cultural reasons behind their dinner plate. If you savor understanding the deeper societal influences on food, this read will satisfy your hunger for knowledge.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

by Marvin Harris
RM31.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9781577660156
Authors: Marvin Harris
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
Date of Publication: 1998-06-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Food & Drink, Science, Sociology
Related Topics: Food, Anthropology, History
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 738 readers)

Description

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.
 

Unraveling the enigmas of global food customs.

Imagine you're a detective for the world's various eating habits, where even a distaste for spinach becomes a clue. "Good to Eat" offers an exciting journey through the dynamics of what we eat and why, catering to anyone intrigued by the cultural reasons behind their dinner plate. If you savor understanding the deeper societal influences on food, this read will satisfy your hunger for knowledge.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.