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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In India people delight in consuming as much milk , butter , cheese , and yogurt
as they can afford , and ghee , or clarified ... Brahmans , at any rate , constitute a
small minority of the Hindu population ; all the other castes consume various ...
In India people delight in consuming as much milk , butter , cheese , and yogurt
as they can afford , and ghee , or clarified ... Brahmans , at any rate , constitute a
small minority of the Hindu population ; all the other castes consume various ...
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bodia are great aficionados of fish , which they consume fresh , dried , salted ,
and fermented . In addition to fish , Thai Buddhists consume significant quantities
of pork , buffalo meat , beef , chicken , ducks , silkworms , snails , shrimp , and
crab ...
bodia are great aficionados of fish , which they consume fresh , dried , salted ,
and fermented . In addition to fish , Thai Buddhists consume significant quantities
of pork , buffalo meat , beef , chicken , ducks , silkworms , snails , shrimp , and
crab ...
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That adds up to 228 pounds a year , about the amount of meat , poultry , and fish
that Americans currently consume . Before we decide to blame cancer and heart
disease indiscriminately on eating too much animal flesh , we had better take a ...
That adds up to 228 pounds a year , about the amount of meat , poultry , and fish
that Americans currently consume . Before we decide to blame cancer and heart
disease indiscriminately on eating too much animal flesh , we had better take a ...
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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 |
EIGHT Small Things | 154 |
NINE Dogs Cats Dingoes and other Pets | 175 |
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