Ways of eating : exploring food through history and culture / Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wurgaft, Benjamin Aldes, author.

White, Merry I., 1941- author.

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; 81.

California studies in food and culture ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]

Summary:

"From the origins of agriculture to twenty-first century debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world food history and to the practice of food ethnography. By engaging ethnographic vignettes and historical chapters, the authors offer new ways to think about food in relation to its natural and cultural histories. In addition to offering new intellectual tools, starting-points are provided for future reading ina wide variety of subjects, from the European spice trade to the Columbian Exchange, from food and gender to ethnographic methodology. Food studies are made vivid by stories like the ones in this book--stories of Scottish peat-cutters, women beer-makers, and Japanese knife-forgers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Vignette One : Duccio's Eden / by Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White

Chapter One : Nature and culture in the origins of agriculture

Vignette Two : Akashiyaki at Nishi-Akashi / by Merry I. White

Chapter Two : Staple empires of the ancient world

Vignette Three : Coffee and pepper / by Merry I. White

Chapter Three : Medieval tastes

Vignette Four : Before kimchi / by Merry I. White

Chapter Four : The Columbian Exchange, or, the world remade

Vignette Five : The spirit safe / by Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White

Chapter Five : Social beverages and modernity

Vignette Six : Authenticity in Panama / by Benjamin A. Wurgaft

Chapter Six : Colony and curry

Vignette Seven : The icebox / by Merry I. White

Chapter Seven : Food's industrial revolution

Vignette Eight : Bricolage / by Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White

Chapter Eight : Twentieth-century foodways, or, Big Food and its discontents

Vignette Nine : Nem on the menu / by Merry I. White

Chapter Nine : Ways of eating

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 18, 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-39300-7

OCLC:

1356966723