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Zaraska, Marta.
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Meat substitutes.
Meat.
Meat -- Psychological aspects.
Meat industry and trade.
Food preferences.
Diet.
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Zaraska, Marta.
Meat substitutes.
Meat.
Meat -- Psychological aspects.
Meat industry and trade.
Food preferences.
Diet.
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Meathooked : the history and science of our 2.5-million-year obsession with meat / Marta Zaraska.
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Zaraska, Marta.
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2016.
Call #:
664
.9
Z36m
Subjects
Meat substitutes.
Meat.
Meat -- Psychological aspects.
Meat industry and trade.
Food preferences.
Diet.
ISBN:
9780465036622 (hc.)
Description:
vii, 263 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-247) and index.
Contents:
Enter meat-eaters -- Big brains, small guts, and the politics of meat -- The good, the bad, and the heme iron -- The chemistry of love : umami, aromas, and fat -- Why would Abramovich taste good -- Wagging the dog of demand -- Eating symbols -- The half-crazed, sour-visaged infidels, or Why vegetarianism failed in the past -- Why giving up meat may be harder for some of us -- Dog skewers, beef burgers, and other weird meats -- The pink revolution, or how Asia is getting hooked on meat, fast -- The future of our meat-based diets.
Summary:
The strange, disquieting, and sometimes delicious story of humanity’s love affair with meat
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