Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureThe anthropologist/author takes on some of the major food riddles, including cannibalism, to reveal why a culture accepts or spurns specific foods |
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As a result of a preference for finely milled grains and flours from which the outer
covering had been removed , the vitamin B , - deficiency disease known as
beriberi became widespread throughout the Orient . Today the preference for
finely ...
As a result of a preference for finely milled grains and flours from which the outer
covering had been removed , the vitamin B , - deficiency disease known as
beriberi became widespread throughout the Orient . Today the preference for
finely ...
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After all , a preference for cattle , sheep , and goats and the rejection of pigs in the
Middle East long antedated the birth of Islam . This preference was based on the
cost / benefit advantages of ruminants over other domestic animals as sources ...
After all , a preference for cattle , sheep , and goats and the rejection of pigs in the
Middle East long antedated the birth of Islam . This preference was based on the
cost / benefit advantages of ruminants over other domestic animals as sources ...
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Whatever the precise combination of factors preventing northerners from
developing a preference for pork , they were not merely acting out their ancestral
British preference for beef . The British , after all , settled the South as much as
the North ...
Whatever the precise combination of factors preventing northerners from
developing a preference for pork , they were not merely acting out their ancestral
British preference for beef . The British , after all , settled the South as much as
the North ...
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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy are the world's food habits or "foodways,'' as Harris refers to them, so diverse? In this scholarly yet fast-paced and very readable work, anthropologist Harris argues that "major differences in ... Leer comentario completo
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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