Word of mouth : what we talk about when we talk about food /
Today, more than ever, talking about food improves the eating of it. Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson argues that conversation can even trump consumption. Where many works look at the production, preparation, and consumption of food, Word of Mouth captures the language that explains culinary practices....
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014. |
| Series: | California studies in food and culture ;
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| Summary: | Today, more than ever, talking about food improves the eating of it. Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson argues that conversation can even trump consumption. Where many works look at the production, preparation, and consumption of food, Word of Mouth captures the language that explains culinary practices. Explanation is more than an elaboration here: how we talk about food says a great deal about the world around us and our place in it. What does it mean, Ferguson asks, to cook and consume in a globalized culinary world subject to vertiginous change? Answers to this question deman. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520958968 0520958969 1306802334 9781306802338 0520273923 9780520273924 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |