Food & Society

The Gourmand's Egg Book As Dalís muse, Hitchcocks nightmare, and humble ingredient, the eternal egg weaves a fascinating tale through the history ...

NOW WITH TWO BONUS CHAPTERS INCLUDING AN FAQTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES AND...

Why are spicy cuisines characteristic of hot climates? Does our stomach or our brain tell us when it is time to eat? And how do we decide if bugs a...

A summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farmand learns far more than how to herd sheep In May 1972, Liese Greensf...

This book explores the growth and operations of the Japanese restaurant in Australia since the early 2000s from perspectives of both restaurant wor...

This book explores food accessibility and its relationship to food security in communities representing high populations of college and university ...

This book analyses the implementation and challenges of using Geographical Indications in Norway.Adapting the modern and global system of Geographi...

*Winner of the 2022 Cherasco International Prize*'Thoroughly engrossing' Michael Pollan, The Atlantic'Wonderful, energising' Kathryn Hughes, The Gu...

What is food and why does it matter? Bringing together the most innovative, cutting-edge scholarship and debates, this reader provides an excellen...

To mitigate climate, biodiversity, and public health crises, the global agrifood system needs radical change. The Global North remains central to a...

The role of food and hunger in contemporary South African and Indian environmental writing   From GMOs to vegetarianism and veganism, questions of...

This important cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent hole in the wall ethnic ...

Volume 22 explores the complex relationships between gender and food in a variety of locations and time periods using a range of research methods. ...

Food and attitudes toward it were transformed in Renaissance Europe. The period between 1300 and 1600 saw the discovery of the New World and the cu...

Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuver...

Drawing on empirical research, clinical case material and vivid examples from modern culture, The Psychology of Overeating demonstrates that overea...

To reduce risk of pandemics for ourselves, our gaze needs to turn to the health of animals. Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-ch...

A radically practical guide to making food choices that are good for you, others, and the planet. Is organic really worth it? Are eggs ok to ea...

A rich, long-term ethnography of women seafood traders in Mexico. The shrimp ladies, locally known as changueras in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, sell ...

Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home inSan Francisco, and plenty of...

Why is cows milk, which few nonwhite people can digest, promoted as a science-backed dietary necessity in countries where the majority of the popul...

The consumption of dairy products, made from the milk of cows, sheep, goats and buffalo, among other mammalian species, is almost as old as human c...

Dr. Ismail Mohamed Al-Bulushi introduces how to monitor the process of food safety with the use of detailed forms. A useful audit prepared to be ...

What you eat doesnt just impact you it shapes the world around you. Our endless food choices come at a steep cos...