Fats : a global history / Michelle Phillipov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillipov, Michelle, author.

Series:

Edible .

Edible

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fat.

Food--History.

Food.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages) : color illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2016.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

No other food is as nutritionally crucial, symbolically important or controversial as fat. Butter, oil, tallow, lard, schmaltz - culinary fats have not only shaped world cuisines, they are themselves steeped in cultural and symbolic meanings. From Palaeolithic times to contemporary popular culture, fats have been simultaneously essential to life and a decadent indulgence. Alternately reviled and revered, fats have been linked to both power and poverty, and associated with sex and death. Fats: A Global History tells the story of this extraordinary substance. In her engaging and wide-ranging account, Michelle Phillipov considers the changing fates and fortunes of fats across time and around the globe. From their past associations with prestige and social authority, to their links to the food industry practices and health scares of the twentieth century, to fat's current renaissance in media and popular culture, she explores the complex meanings, debates and controversies that have surrounded this most basic of foods.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Power and Prestige: Fats in History 2. Fats around the World: Cooking with Fat 3. Nutritional Science Weighs In: The Changing Fate of Fats 4. Manufacturing Fats: Low-Fat, No-fat, Artificial Fat 5. Desire and Defilement: Fats in Popular Culture Recipes References Select Bibliography Websites and Associations Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780236100

1780236107

OCLC:

949988577