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Food matters : a bedford spotlight reader / Holly Bauer, University of California, San Diego.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bauer, Holly.
- Series:
- Bedford spotlight series
- Bedford Spotlight Reader Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Natural foods.
- Food habits--United States.
- Food habits.
- United States.
- Food handling.
- Gastronomy.
- Food industry and trade--United States.
- Food industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 279 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Bedford Bks St Martin's, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Food Matters explores central questions around the seemingly simple topic of food: what is food, exactly? Do we eat for sustenance, for health, for pleasure? Where does our food come from, and why should we care? What does it mean to eat ethically? Readings by a range of essayists, scientists, health researchers, philosophers, reporters, artists, and ordinary citizens take up these questions and more." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- What is food?
- What is the purpose of food?
- What determines what we eat?
- What does it mean to eat ethically?
- What is the future of food?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1457660962
- OCLC:
- 861068797
- Publisher Number:
- 99963432988
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