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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... eaten by our species. For example, the human gut simply cannot cope with large doses of cellulose. So all human groups spurn blades of grass, tree leaves, and wood (except for pith and shoots as in hearts of palm and bamboo). Other ...
... eaten at the expense of giving up more advantageous items. Nutritional costs and benefits form a fundamental part of the balance—preferred foods generally pack more energy, proteins, vitamins, or minerals per serving than avoided foods ...
... eaten in combination with grains and starchy tubers. But even the presence of a few ounces of animal food can make people feel good. Hunter-gatherers and village horticulturalists commonly complain that they are “meat hungry,” a ...
Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. “I haven't eaten for days.” The Yanomamo, who also have special ways of expressing their meat hunger, regulate the amount of starchy plantains (a kind of banana) they consume by the amount of ...
... eaten them for us. When we eat a food containing proteins, the proteins get broken down into their constituent amino acids, and the amino acids are then distributed throughout the body to form a “pool,” which is drawn upon as needed by ...
Contenido
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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 |