Adventures in eating : anthropological experiences in dining from around the world /: anthropological experiences in dining from around the world. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells.
• Editors: Haines, Helen R; Sammells, Clare A, 1973-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Boulder, Colo : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 394.1/209; Food habits; Food preferences; Dinners and dining; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Dinners and dining; Food habits; Food preferences; Manners & Customs; Anthropology; Social Sciences; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607320159; 1607320150; 9781457110474; 1457110474; 9781457109393; 1457109395
• Related ISBNs: 9781607320371; 1607320371; 9781607320142; 1607320142
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.