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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... dietary inventory of most human groups seems quite narrow. We pass up some items because they are biologically unsuited to be eaten by our species. For example, the human gut simply cannot cope with large doses of cellulose. So all ...
... dietary status quo. Yet rather than argue that the national diet is already adequate and that more meat is unnecessary, the government has met each crisis by promising more meat. At great cost to the rest of the economy, it raised meat ...
... diet of ordinary people. Hindu foodways in this regard simply do not conform to popular stereotypes. In India people delight in consuming as much milk, butter, cheese, and yogurt as they can afford, and ghee, or clarified butter, is the ...
... diet. A classic study of this relationship showed that in over fifty countries higher-income groups derive far more of their fats, proteins, and calories from animal sources than do lower-income groups. Proportionate to income, calories ...
... diet, everything else is garnish”; Robert Carneiro on the Amahuaca: “N o Amahuaca meal is really complete without meat”; Allan Holmberg on the Siriono: “Meat is the most desired item of the Siriono”; David Maybury-Lewis on the Shavanté ...
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The Abominable Pig
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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 |