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Author Montanari, Massimo, 1949-

Title Food is culture / Massimo Montanari ; translated from the Italian by Albert Sonnenfeld.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 149 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Arts and traditions of the table
Arts and traditions of the table.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Creating one's own food -- Nature and culture -- Even nature is culture -- Playing with time (and climate) -- Playing with space -- Conflicts -- The invention of cuisine -- Fire> cooking> kitchen> cuisine> civilization -- Written cuisine and oral cooking -- Anticuisine -- Roasted and boiled -- Pleasure and health -- The pleasure and the duty of choice -- Taste is a cultural product -- Digression : playing at "historical cuisine" -- Taste is a product of society -- From the geography of taste to the taste of geography -- The paradox of globalization -- Food, language, identity -- Eating together -- The grammar of food -- Substitutions and annexations -- Tell me how much you eat and I'll tell you who you are -- The how, the why, and the wherewithal -- Food and the calendar : a lost dimension? -- Identity, exchange, traditions, and "origins" -- Roots : a metaphor to use all the way.
Summary Explores the premise that everything having to do with food - its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption - represents a cultural act. Provides insights into many patterns of culinary behavior and tradition.
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Language Translated from the Italian.
Subject Food -- History.
Food.
History.
Food habits -- History.
Food habits.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Cibo come cultura. English
Other Form: Print version: Montanari, Massimo, 1949- Cibo come cultura. English. Food is culture. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006 0231137907 9780231137904 (DLC) 2006022441 (OCoLC)70335145
ISBN 9780231510783 (electronic book)
0231510780 (electronic book)
1283008467
9781283008464
9780231137904 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0231137907 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)