46 results for "The Meaning Of Food" between $5.00 and $50.00

This popular anthropology of food includes vignettes from 13 different ethnic communities, beautiful color photos, and recipes.

Release Date: 2005-04-26, Rating: NR (Not Rated)

With inimitable charm and learning, Adam Gopnik takes us on a beguiling journey in search of that meaning as he charts America’s recent and rapid evolution from commendably aware eaters to manic, compulsive gastronomes. It is a journey that begins in eighteenth-century France—the birthplace of our modern tastes (and, by no coincidence, of the restaurant)—and carries us to the kitchens of the White House, the molecular meccas of Barcelona, and beyond. To understand why so many of us apparently live...

Gopnik (Paris to the Moon) turns his gaze to no less than the very meaning of food in this delectable social history. Finding America's "table ancestry" in France, the New Yorker writer satirizes contemporary compulsions about eating and urges us not to forget the deeper value of what goes on around the table. (FRN968, $26.95)

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For humans, eating food is more than a mere biological necessity; it's a sociological experience that reflects a person's cultural identity. THE MEANING OF FOOD takes a survey of the relationship between food and culture by focusing on American eating patterns and traditions. World-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson travels across America to meet with individuals from a variety of ethnic backgrounds to gauge their culinary attitudes and practices.

Taking a deeper look at the meaning behind food through the eyes of traditional societies reveals nothing more than absolute complexity. Sam Gill, in Native American Religions, indisputably shows the complexity through detailed performances and explanations of sacred ceremonies held among numerous traditional societies. Ultimately, Gill explains that these societies handle their food (that gives them life), the source in which the good is obtained, and the way they go about getting their food are...

The Monty Python collective explains it all in this episodic comedy that dares to take on the most "sacred" aspects of life--sex, food,...

'A family meal is a social construct more complicated than the tasks involved would suggest, and its study is back where sexuality was before Freud. In fact, Kaufmann reminds us, historically there have been more taboos concerning food than sex.' The International Herald Tribune'By showing how the preparation and consumption of food form the basis of our closest personal relationships, Kaufmann provides a persuasively unromantic view of why cooking matters.' Alan Warde, University of ManchesterIn...

Travel on a journey through India, Japan, Taiwan, Morocco, England, France, Ireland, and even Tea, South Dakota. The Meaning of Tea unveils tea's mysterious appeal and considers the question of whether any inherent "meaning" is to be found in tea, particularly in this amped-up, high-tech era, increasingly dominated by mass-marketing and fast food. By visiting places where tea is still revered and investigating its role in these societies, the film reveals the profoundly positive role tea may play...

Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means 'to take off your clothes in order to dance'? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or that the Dutch word for skimming stones is plimpplamppletteren? Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 154 languages, this intriguing book is arranged by theme so you can compare attitudes all over the world to such subjects as food, the human body and the battle of the sexes. Here you can find not only those words for which...

Director, Scott Chamberlin Hoyt travels through India, Japan, Taiwan, Morocco, England, France, Ireland, and even Tea, South Dakota. Unveiling tea's mysterious appeal, the film considers the question of whether there is any inherent "meaning" to be found in tea, particularly in an amped-up, high-tech era increasingly dominated by mass-marketing and fast food. The DVD offers Special Features including an interview with director on the making of the film. Experience the Japanese Tea Ceremony; enjoy...

Thorne, John;Thorne, Matt Lewis Pot on the Fire: Further Exploits of a Renegade Cook North Point Press 2000 Hard Cover. First Edition. Good reading copy with clean pages, boards and DJ; boards with edge wear; DJ with some edge wear and small tears.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or634184. ISBN #0865475644 / 9780865475649. (filed under: Cookbooks / Food History ) *

Italian Santa -- Heartwood Creek by Jim Shorefor EnescoItalian Santa Greetings from Babbo Natale Santa celebrates everything Italian - a basket of fine foods and a real metal staff designed like the leaning tower of Pisa. . . .