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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Between 15 percent and 40 percent by weight of cooked meat, fish, fowl, and milk
solids consists of proteins. In contrast, the protein content of cooked cereals
ranges from about 2.5 percent to 10 percent. Cooked legumes — beans, peanuts
, ...
Between 15 percent and 40 percent by weight of cooked meat, fish, fowl, and milk
solids consists of proteins. In contrast, the protein content of cooked cereals
ranges from about 2.5 percent to 10 percent. Cooked legumes — beans, peanuts
, ...
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About 60 percent by weight is beef and veal; 39 percent is pork; 1 percent is lamb
and mutton; and the amount of goat meat consumed is almost too small to
measure. Over a three-day period 39 percent of Americans will eat beef at least
once, ...
About 60 percent by weight is beef and veal; 39 percent is pork; 1 percent is lamb
and mutton; and the amount of goat meat consumed is almost too small to
measure. Over a three-day period 39 percent of Americans will eat beef at least
once, ...
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By dry weight, locusts range from 42 percent to 76 percent protein and from 6
percent to 50 percent fat. Lowly housefly pupae contain 63 percent protein and
15 percent fat while bee pupae when dried consist of over 90 percent protein and
8 ...
By dry weight, locusts range from 42 percent to 76 percent protein and from 6
percent to 50 percent fat. Lowly housefly pupae contain 63 percent protein and
15 percent fat while bee pupae when dried consist of over 90 percent protein and
8 ...
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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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| Título | Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture |
| Autor | Marvin Harris |
| Editor | Simon and Schuster, 1985 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 12 Ago. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Largo | 289 páginas |
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