Devoured
From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies-- How What We Eat Defines Who We Are
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: ix, 403 pages ; 24 cm
A look at the deeper meaning behind our food choices: from the prioritization of convenience over health to the ways food at work affects our happiness; from the American obsession with "having it our way" at Starbucks, Chipotle and other chains that individualize the eating experience to the fascinating dynamic between highbrow food culture--artisan this and small-batch that--and the lowbrow, such as Taco Bell's sale of 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in just ten weeks.
Contents:
The muddle of the modern mean -- Food at work -- Having it our way -- Selling absence -- Secular church -- Diet evangelism -- The democratization of wine -- The age of stunt foods -- Cheesepocalypse -- The story of spaghetti -- What to make of all this.
Subjects:
Food habits -- United States.
Food preferences -- United States.
Diet -- United States.
Consumer behavior -- United States.
Food habits -- United States.
Food preferences -- United States.
Diet -- United States.
Consumer behavior -- United States.
ISBN:
9780062390981
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Food Ega | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Food Ega | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Food Ega | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index.