Adventures in eating : anthropological experiences in dining from around the world / edited by Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells.
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| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colo. :
University Press of Colorado,
2010.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- The importance of food and feasting around the world / Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells
- Boiled eggs with chicks inside, or what commensality means / Robert Ivar Lohmann
- A rat by any other name : conflicting definitions of "dinner" in Belize, Central America / Helen R. Haines
- The delicacy of raising and eating guinea pig / David John Goldstein
- Termites tell the tale : globalization of an indigenous food system among Abaluyia of Western Kenya / Maria G. Cattell
- Ode to a Chuño : learning to love freeze-dried potatoes in highland Bolivia / Clare A. Sammells
- Durian : the king of fruits or an acquired taste? / Maxine E. McBrinn
- MSG and sugar : dilemmas and tribulations of a "native" ethnographer / Lidia Marte
- Eating incorrectly in Japan / James J. Aimers
- No heads, no feet, no monkeys, no dogs : the evolution of personal food taboos / Miriam S. Chaiken
- Buona forchetta : overeating in Italy / Rachel Black
- "No thanks, I don't eat meat" : vegetarian adventures in beef-centric Argentina / Ariela Zycherman
- Eating with the Blackfeet : who's been eating whose food? / Susan L. Johnston
- Drinking Ethiopia / Ronald Reminick
- You are what you drink in Honduras / Joel Palka
- Epilogue : Edibles and ethnic boundaires, globalization and guinea pigs / Miriam S. Chaiken.