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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horse bones , cracked and split , mementos of many a bygone marrow - sucking ,
finger - licking feast . Stone Age peoples not only ate more horses per capita per
year than anyone before or since , but they also painted more pictures of horses ...
horse bones , cracked and split , mementos of many a bygone marrow - sucking ,
finger - licking feast . Stone Age peoples not only ate more horses per capita per
year than anyone before or since , but they also painted more pictures of horses ...
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The early Middle Eastern empires with their dense populations of humans and
herds of ruminants were hard - pressed to feed large numbers of horses . Since
horses thrive on grass they are less competitive than pigs , but they need a lot
more ...
The early Middle Eastern empires with their dense populations of humans and
herds of ruminants were hard - pressed to feed large numbers of horses . Since
horses thrive on grass they are less competitive than pigs , but they need a lot
more ...
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The horse is the one exception ( aside from fast days and the unwritten taboo on
human flesh ) . After Gregory III ' s edict , horses were seldom slaughtered
anywhere in Europe for their meat , unless they were lame , ill , or decrepit or
unless ...
The horse is the one exception ( aside from fast days and the unwritten taboo on
human flesh ) . After Gregory III ' s edict , horses were seldom slaughtered
anywhere in Europe for their meat , unless they were lame , ill , or decrepit or
unless ...
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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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