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Format:
Book (regular print)
Title:
Devoured : from chicken wings to kale smoothies--how what we eat defines who we are
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ISBN:
9780062390981

9780062390998
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Physical Description:
ix, 403 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
The muddle of the modern meal -- 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.
Summary:
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.
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