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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... feed the collective mind. Let me express this viewpoint a bit more systematically. Preferred foods (good to eat) are foods that have a more favorable balance of practical benefits over costs than foods that are avoided (bad to eat) ...
... feeding is not good for babies because the formula is often mixed with dirty water. Also, mother's milk should be preferred because it contains substances which make infants immune to many common diseases. Mothers may benefit slightly ...
... feed for animals, much of it by freeing low-quality domestic grains for stock raising while using the imports for ... feeding people; in fact there is an annual surplus of grain for human consumption. The trouble with the Soviet ...
... feeding the gods on animal flesh, ancient peoples expressed their own craving for meat and other animal products. Or ... feed in the wild. As they make their way through the forest canopy, many species of monkeys send down a constant ...
... feed on animal matter first; roots, grass seeds, fruits, and flowers second; and leafy materials and grass third. During seasons when insects were abundant, Hamilton found that baboons spent as much as 72 percent of the time eating them ...
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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 |