Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureWaveland Press, 1998 M07 2 - 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, best-selling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the worlds major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the worlds gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, 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 its 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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... consuming over three thousand per capita per day. By way of comparison, the United States's consumption of animal protein in 1980 was sixty-five grams per day per person—only four grams more than Poland's—and calorie consumption was ...
... consumed 126 million tons of grain while their animals consumed 186 million tons. In Western eyes big grain imports prove that the Soviet farm system is an utter failure. In Soviet eyes, they prove that the government is doing its best ...
... consume both kinds. Rather, my contention is that while plant foods can sustain life, access to animal foods bestows health and well-being above and beyond mere survival. In agricultural societies animal foods are especially good to eat ...
... consume various combinations of dairy products, eggs, poultry, mutton, fish, pork, goat, and even beef. True enough, the total quantity of animal flesh consumed by Hindu Indians amounts to less than a gram per day per capita, but that ...
... 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. During the rainy season they may eat as ...
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The Abominable Pig
| 67 |
Hippophagy
| 88 |
Holy Beef USA
| 109 |
Lactophiles and Lactophobes Milk Lovers and Milk Haters
| 130 |
Small Things
| 154 |
Dogs Cats Dingoes and Other Pets
| 175 |
People Eating
| 199 |
Better to Eat
| 235 |
References | 249 |
Bibliography | 258 |
Index | 275 |