Good to Eat

Waveland Press, Incorporated, 1998 - 289 pages

This text explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appears to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity.

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One of the things I really appreciate about this book is that Marvin Harris does a great deal to illustrate that people around the world don't have what some might consider to be irrational or unusual ...

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About the author (1998)

Harris operated a Yellow Cab Company in Durham, North Carolina for over 25 years. They then bought an Airstream trailer and traveled for 25 years.

Bibliographic information

Title	Good to Eat
Author	Marvin Harris
Edition	reprint
Publisher	Waveland Press, Incorporated, 1998
ISBN	1577660153, 9781577660156
Length	289 pages

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