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Captures the language that explains culinary practices. To prove its case, this book draws on a range of cultural documents from interviews, cookbooks, and novels to comic strips, essays, and films.

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"Ferguson provides interesting insights on a range of people, topics, and social trends." -- C. Hendrickson CHOICE

Table of Contents
Prologue: Talking About Food Part I: From Talk to Text 1. Thinking About Food 2. The Perils and Pleasures of Consumption 3. Texts Take Over Part II: New Cooks, New Chefs 4. Iconic Cooks 5. Chefs and Chefing Part III: The Culinary Landscape in the Twenty-First Century 6. Dining on the Edge 7. Haute Food Epilogue: Last Words-Ratatouille Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

Word of Mouth What We Talk About When We Talk

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 7/4/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520273924, 978-0520273924
      ISBN10: 0520273923

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Captures the language that explains culinary practices. To prove its case, this book draws on a range of cultural documents from interviews, cookbooks, and novels to comic strips, essays, and films.

      Trade Review
      "Ferguson provides interesting insights on a range of people, topics, and social trends." -- C. Hendrickson CHOICE

      Table of Contents
      Prologue: Talking About Food Part I: From Talk to Text 1. Thinking About Food 2. The Perils and Pleasures of Consumption 3. Texts Take Over Part II: New Cooks, New Chefs 4. Iconic Cooks 5. Chefs and Chefing Part III: The Culinary Landscape in the Twenty-First Century 6. Dining on the Edge 7. Haute Food Epilogue: Last Words-Ratatouille Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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