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Tasting food, tasting freedom : excursions into eating, culture, and the past / by Sidney W. Mintz.

By: Mintz, Sidney Wilfred, 1922-.
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 1996Description: xix, 149 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 080746280 (cloth); 0807046299 (pbk.).Subject(s): Food habits | Diet | Food -- Philosophy | Eating (Philosophy)DDC classification: 394.12
Contents:
1. Introduction - 2. Food and its relationship to concepts of power - 3. Tasting food, tasting freedom - 4. The conquest of honey by sucrose - 5. Sugar and morality - 6. Color, taste, and purity - 7. Cuisine: high, low, and not at all - 8. Eating American.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Graduate Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 12 , Side 2, TierNo 6, BayNo 2

394.12 MIN (Browse shelf) 1 Available SCAFS,70003,03,GR 5000043435

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction - 2. Food and its relationship to concepts of power - 3. Tasting food, tasting freedom - 4. The conquest of honey by sucrose - 5. Sugar and morality - 6. Color, taste, and purity - 7. Cuisine: high, low, and not at all - 8. Eating American.