How we eat : appetite, culture, and the psychology of food /

Rappoport, Leon.

How we eat : appetite, culture, and the psychology of food / Leon Rappoport. - Toronto, Ont. : London : ECW ; Turnaround [distributor], 2003. - 224 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliography (p.213-217) and index.

Tracing our culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, the author illuminates our complex and often contradictory eating habits, analysing our eating habits from a psychological perspective and musing over the many contradictions inherent in our relationship to food. A very readable book.

1550225634 (pbk.) : £11.99


Food habits.
Food habits--Psychological aspects.

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