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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Among animals raised by the ancient Israelites , there were three cud - chewers :
cattle , sheep , and goats . These three animals were the most important food -
producing species in the ancient Middle East not because the ancients
happened ...
Among animals raised by the ancient Israelites , there were three cud - chewers :
cattle , sheep , and goats . These three animals were the most important food -
producing species in the ancient Middle East not because the ancients
happened ...
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The challenge which must be met is not merely why Americans think beef is good
to eat but why there is an order of preference for beef , pork , lamb , mutton , and
goat which has changed considerably from Colonial times to the present .
The challenge which must be met is not merely why Americans think beef is good
to eat but why there is an order of preference for beef , pork , lamb , mutton , and
goat which has changed considerably from Colonial times to the present .
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Goats are also in favor among the generation of back - to - the - land ex - hippies
whose small farms are better served by ... the arid scrublands of the Southwest
and whose ancestors were small - scale farmers and herders also like goat meat
.
Goats are also in favor among the generation of back - to - the - land ex - hippies
whose small farms are better served by ... the arid scrublands of the Southwest
and whose ancestors were small - scale farmers and herders also like goat meat
.
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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 | 47 |
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