How we eat : appetite, culture, and the psychology of food / Leon Rappoport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rappoport, Leon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--History.

Food habits.

History.

Food habits--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : ECW Press ; Chicago : Independent Publishers Group, 2003.

Summary:

Tracing our culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw and the cooked to the nuked, How We Eat explores the fascinating and often contradictory myths and rituals shaping our eating habits. We may adore watching celebrity chefs perform on TV, but then why do so few people cook at home? The gourmet health food industry is soaring, yet a longtime love affair with fast food still endures. And speaking of love affairs, How We Eat answers another question: why is it that some foods work as aphrodisiacs? Leon Rappoport hosts our journey through a variety of food cultures and shows us how food and eating habits have shaped cultures, accounted for our behavior, and created our sense of individual and cultural identity. Along the way we meet with the hugely popular success of food experts such as Fanny Farmer and Betty Crocker, find out about a sure-to-succeed Jerusalem artichoke venture that failed bitterly, encounter a murder case in which a Twinkie was supposedly the culprit, and learn more than you ever wanted to know about cannibals' table manners. How We Eat: an informative look at the history of eating, a tasty combination of fact and fun.

Contents:

Chapter 1 From Myths to MacAttacks 29

Chapter 2 You Are What You Eat 51

Chapter 3 Feeding Frenzies 77

Chapter 4 The McDonaldization of Taste 107

Chapter 5 From the Raw to the Cooked to the Haute Cuisine 131

Chapter 6 Champagne Slippers, the Twinkie Defense, and He-Man Diets 161

Chapter 7 The Road to Wellville 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1550225634 :

OCLC:

50940511