Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureSimon and Schuster, 1985 - 289 páginas Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it's "bad" to eat people but "good" to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences. |
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... better means of transport , Corn Belt farmers dispensed with their wood pigs and switched over to new breeds which were heavier and better larded . These " lard pigs " could be raised profitably without supplementary foraging . They ...
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... better world . But if we do not understand the causes of existing systems , it seems unlikely that we can devise better systems to replace them . Or , as I told Bennet , it would be convenient if India's cattle complex 235 ELEVEN Better to ...
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... better for a pregnant women to eat no more than or even less than what she normally eats . Do women really believe this , or have they simply learned that because of the breadwinner effect , men expect pregnant women not to make ...
... better for a pregnant women to eat no more than or even less than what she normally eats . Do women really believe this , or have they simply learned that because of the breadwinner effect , men expect pregnant women not to make ...
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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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