Overview

The old adage “you are what you eat” has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we ingest and in what we think about it. Then there are connoisseurs, whose approaches to food address “good taste” and frequently require a language that encompasses cultural and social dimensions as well. From the highs (and lows) of connoisseurship to the frustrations and rewards of a mother encouraging her child to eat, the essays in this volume explore the complex and infinitely varied ways in which food matters to all of us. Educated Tastes is a collection of new essays that examine how taste is learned, developed, and represented. It spans such diverse topics as teaching wine tasting, food in Don Quixote, Soviet cookbooks, cruel foods, and the lambic beers of the Belgian Payottenland. A set of key themes connect these topics: the relationships between taste and place; how our knowledge of food shapes taste experiences; how gustatory discrimination functions as a marker of social difference; and the place of ethical, environmental, and political concerns in debates around the importance and meaning of taste. With essays that address, variously, the connections between food, drink, and music; the place of food in the development of Italian nationhood; and the role of morality in aesthetic judgment, Educated Tastes offers a fresh look at food in history, society, and culture.

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Author:   Jeremy Strong ,  Jeremy Strong
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780803219359

ISBN 10:   0803219350
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Jeremy Strong (Writtle College); 1. Feeding Finn - Lisa Harper (University of San Francisco); 2. The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food: The Establishment of Soviet Haute Cuisine - Jukka Gronow (Uppsala University) and Sergey Zhuravlev (Russian Academy of Science); 3. The Flavour of the Place: Eating and Drinking in Payottenland - Tim Waterman (Writtle College); 4. Italy, the Nation-State, and Food Culture - Matthew Hibberd (University of Stirling); 5. Teaching Wine-tasting - John Ducker (Association of Wine Educators); 6. The (Extensive) Pleasures of Eating - Lisa Heldke (Gustavus Adolphus College); 7. A Short Poetics of Cruel Food - Jeremy Strong (Writtle College); 8. 'Los pajaritos del aire': Disappearing Menus and After-Dinner Speaking in Don Quixote - Robert Goodwin; 9. Nourishment, Body and Soul - Colin Lawson (Royal College of Music); 10. Lionizing Taste: Towards an Ecology of Contemporary Connoisseurship - Roger Haden (University of Adelaide)

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For one who wishes to learn about or cultivate food tastes and preferences or who wishes to engage others in the exploration of food tastes, this book is an excellent resource. Alice Spangler, Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences --Alice Spangler Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences

For one who wishes to learn about or cultivate food tastes and preferences or who wishes to engage others in the exploration of food tastes, this book is an excellent resource. -Alice Spangler, Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences -- Alice Spangler Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences

For one who wishes to learn about or cultivate food tastes and preferences or who wishes to engage others in the exploration of food tastes, this book is an excellent resource. --Alice Spangler, Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences --Alice Spangler Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences

""For one who wishes to learn about or cultivate food tastes and preferences or who wishes to engage others in the exploration of food tastes, this book is an excellent resource.""—Alice Spangler, Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences

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Jeremy Strong is the head of higher education at Writtle College in Essex.

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