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Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy

Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy...

Author: Ed Gamble
ISBN: 9781787636316
Format: Hardback
$55.00

An intimate and wildly entertaining memoir of a life lived through food, from comedian, Off Menu podcast host and...  Read More >>

Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games

Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games

Author: Agata Waszkiewicz
ISBN: 9783111353081
Format: Paperback
$25.65

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Survival at Stake: How Our Treatment of Animals Is Key to Human Existence

Survival at Stake: How Our Treatment of Animals Is Key...

Author: Poorva Joshipura
ISBN: 9789356994720
Format: Paperback
$38.95

From the largest elephant to the smallest bee, and a part of, rather than holding dominance over, nature, we can...  Read More >>

Eating Religiously: Food and Faith in the 21st Century

Eating Religiously: Food and Faith in the 21st Century...

Author: Nir Avieli (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) ,  Fran Markowitz (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
ISBN: 9781032551616
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book, the first of its kind, critically analyzes the conjunctions of 21st century food, faith and society....  Read More >>

The Cultural Roots of Slow Food: Peasants, Partisans, and the Landscape of Italian Resistance

The Cultural Roots of Slow Food: Peasants, Partisans,...

Author: Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan
ISBN: 9781793639493
Format: Hardback
$169.00

This book considers Italian peasant culture, its impact on intellectual activism, and its significance in shaping...  Read More >>

"""Thinspire me""": Zur Soziologie der sozialen Welt 'Pro-Ana' im Internet

"""Thinspire me""": Zur Soziologie der sozialen Welt...

Author: Anja Schünzel
ISBN: 9783658428419
Format: Paperback
$171.57

Sie suchen diese auf, um sich in einer Art „Parallelprojektierung“ wechselseitig zum Abnehmen zu inspirieren und...  Read More >>

Alcohol, Binge Sobriety and Exemplary Abstinence

Alcohol, Binge Sobriety and Exemplary Abstinence

Author: Julie Robert (Griffith University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781350301290
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Where did Temporary Sobriety Initiatives (TSIs) such as Dry January, FebFast and Ocsober, come from? And what is...  Read More >>

Sensing in Social Interaction: The Taste for Cheese in Gourmet Shops

Sensing in Social Interaction: The Taste for Cheese...

Author: Lorenza Mondada (Universität Basel, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781108706131
Format: Paperback
$56.90

This book offers a novel perspective on how people sense the materiality of the world together. It introduces a...  Read More >>

Food Cultures of China: Recipes, Customs, and Issues

Food Cultures of China: Recipes, Customs, and Issues...

Author: Qian Guo (San Francisco State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781440877827
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Exploring the rich and varied culinary traditions of China, this book enables a better understanding of Chinese...  Read More >>

From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age

From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the...

Author: Xaq Frohlich
ISBN: 9780520298811
Format: Paperback
$49.95

How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household products? As Xaq Frohlich...  Read More >>

From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age

From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the...

Author: Xaq Frohlich
ISBN: 9780520298804
Format: Hardback
$157.95

How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household products? As Xaq Frohlich...  Read More >>

Consumers and Food: Understanding and Shaping Consumer Behaviour

Consumers and Food: Understanding and Shaping Consumer...

Author: Marian Garcia Martinez ,  Dr Steffen Jahn (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany))
ISBN: 9781801463546
Format: Hardback
$388.12

This collection reviews the wealth of research in understanding consumer food-purchasing behaviour and what this...  Read More >>

New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism: Critical Perspectives

New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism: Critical Perspectives...

Author: Cheryl Abbate ,  Christopher Bobier
ISBN: 9781032066035
Format: Hardback
$284.00

A growing number of animal ethicists defend new omnivorism—the view that it’s permissible, if not obligatory, to...  Read More >>

Gut Knowledges: Culinary Performance and Activism in the Post-Truth Era

Gut Knowledges: Culinary Performance and Activism in...

Author: Kristin Hunt
ISBN: 9781032372242
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Food Co-operatives in Turkey: Building Alternative Food Networks

Food Co-operatives in Turkey: Building Alternative Food...

Author: Özlem Öz ,  Zühre Aksoy
ISBN: 9781032266275
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This book addresses the roles played by food co-operatives in the attempt to build alternative food networks, drawing...  Read More >>

Food of the Cods: How Fish and Chips Made Britain

Food of the Cods: How Fish and Chips Made Britain

Author: Daniel Gray
ISBN: 9780008628888
Format: Hardback
$27.99

Shortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024 Guild...  Read More >>

In Search of Abundance: Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine, and Other Gastronomic Utopias

In Search of Abundance: Mountains of Cheese, Rivers...

Author: Luisa del Giudice
ISBN: 9781599541853
Format: Paperback
$84.48

Reviewing four decades of the research within this Italian and diaspora food nexus, Luisa Del Giudice reflects on...  Read More >>

Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program

Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the...

Author: Christopher John Bosso
ISBN: 9780520392816
Format: Hardback
$40.95

The first book to tell the whole story of SNAP and to explain why all Americans, regardless of politics, should...  Read More >>

The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City...

Author: Kim Foster
ISBN: 9781250278777
Format: Hardback
$54.99

James Beard Award-winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is...  Read More >>

Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud

Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud

Author: Rebecca Gibb
ISBN: 9780520385931
Format: Hardback
$49.95

How fakes, fraudsters, and grape crusaders have shaped the world of wine.   This novel take on the history of...  Read More >>

The Imperfect Vegan: Making a difference on a (mostly) plant-based diet

The Imperfect Vegan: Making a difference on a (mostly)...

Author: Cat White
ISBN: 9780645933505
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Systemes Alimentaires / Food Systems 2023,8

Systemes Alimentaires / Food Systems 2023,8

Author: Fatiha Fort
ISBN: 9782406158035
Format: Paperback
$150.48

Contributeurs: Heloise Berkowitz, Jean-Marie Cardebat, Arthur Care, Petros Chatzimpiros, Foued Cheriet, Claire Delfosse,...  Read More >>

From Terrain to Brain: Forays Into the Many Sciences of Wine

From Terrain to Brain: Forays Into the Many Sciences...

Author: Erika Szymanski ,  Amy Landon
ISBN: 9798212951531
Format: Audio
$97.65

"In From Terrain to Brain, Professor Erika Szymanski makes wine science accessible to non-experts. Rather than approach...  Read More >>

From Terrain to Brain: Forays Into the Many Sciences of Wine

From Terrain to Brain: Forays Into the Many Sciences...

Author: Erika Szymanski ,  Amy Landon
ISBN: 9798212951548
Format: Audio
$110.85

"In From Terrain to Brain, Professor Erika Szymanski makes wine science accessible to non-experts. Rather than approach...  Read More >>

Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking

Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking

Author: Grace Dent
ISBN: 9781783352869
Format: Paperback
$32.99

From one of the nation's best-loved food writers and inspired by the award-winning podcast, Comfort Eating is a...  Read More >>

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