Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of EatingHow people eat reveals to an astonishing degree all of the other qualities of their society. A look at an American fast-food restaurant is as diagnostic of culture as a New Guinea headhunter's shopping list of edible relatives. Beginning with an explanation of what happens to a steak dinner--and to you--when you eat it, Farb constructs a fascinating demonstration of the connections between eating habits and human behavior, explaining, for example, why Bantu society would unravel without beer, why Chinese don't drink milkshakes, and why Moslems and Jews abhor pork. |
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... domestication essential . In the Old World , wheat , barley , rice , and millet were all domesticated ; in the New World , the plants were maize , beans , squash , peppers , and tomatoes , among others . But Middle Amer- ica was unique ...
... domestication essential . In the Old World , wheat , barley , rice , and millet were all domesticated ; in the New World , the plants were maize , beans , squash , peppers , and tomatoes , among others . But Middle Amer- ica was unique ...
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... domesticated in Southeast Asia ) and bacon ( from an animal domesticated in the same region , salted and smoked by a process invented in northern Europe ) . It also includes a hot beverage , usually coffee ( from Ethi- opia by way of ...
... domesticated in Southeast Asia ) and bacon ( from an animal domesticated in the same region , salted and smoked by a process invented in northern Europe ) . It also includes a hot beverage , usually coffee ( from Ethi- opia by way of ...
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... domesticated ( and indeed , some were ) . Fossil remains of the maize that was domesticated in Mexico seven thousand years ago show that the wild plant was no more conspicuous than many kinds of weeds growing today along roadsides ; its ...
... domesticated ( and indeed , some were ) . Fossil remains of the maize that was domesticated in Mexico seven thousand years ago show that the wild plant was no more conspicuous than many kinds of weeds growing today along roadsides ; its ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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