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Devoured : from chicken wings to kale smoothies-- how what we eat defines who we are / Sophie Egan.

Van Pelt Library GT2853.U5 E43 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Egan, Sophie, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food habits--United States.
Food habits.
Food preferences.
United States.
Food preferences--United States.
Diet--United States.
Diet.
Consumer behavior--United States.
Consumer behavior.
Physical Description:
ix, 403 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Summary:
A look at the deeper meaning behind our food choices: from the prioritization of convenience over health to the ways food at work affects our happiness; from the American obsession with "having it our way" at Starbucks, Chipotle and other chains that individualize the eating experience to the fascinating dynamic between highbrow food culture--artisan this and small-batch that--and the lowbrow, such as Taco Bell's sale of 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in just ten weeks.
Contents:
The muddle of the modern mean
Food at work
Having it our way
Selling absence
Secular church
Diet evangelism
The democratization of wine
The age of stunt foods
Cheesepocalypse
The story of spaghetti
What to make of all this.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index.
ISBN:
9780062390981
0062390988
9780062390998
0062390996
OCLC:
932463286

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