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Egan, Sophie.
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Food habits.
Food preferences.
Diet -- United States.
Consumer behavior.
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Egan, Sophie.
Food habits.
Food preferences.
Diet -- United States.
Consumer behavior.
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Devoured : from chicken wings to kale smoothies-- how what we eat defines who we are / Sophie Egan.
by
Egan, Sophie.
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Call #:
394
.12
E28d
Subjects
Food habits.
Food preferences.
Diet -- United States.
Consumer behavior.
ISBN:
9780062390981 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
ix, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index.
Contents:
The muddle of the modern mean -- Food at work -- Having it our way -- Selling absence -- Secular church -- Diet evangelism -- The democratization of wine -- The age of stunt foods -- Cheesepocalypse -- The story of spaghetti -- What to make of all this.
Summary:
"What we eat and why - how the way we live shapes the way we eat. Food writer and Culinary Institute of America program director Sophie Egan takes us on an eye-opening journey through the American food psyche, examining the connections between the values that define our national character - work, freedom, and progress - and our eating habits, the good and the bad. Why these values make for such an unstable, and often unhealthy, food culture and, paradoxically, why they also make America's cuisine so great. Egan raises a host of intriguing questions: Why does McDonald's have 107 items on its menu? Why are breakfast sandwiches, protein bars, and gluten-free anything so popular? The search for answers takes her across the culinary landscape, from the prioritization of convenience over health to the unintended consequences of "perks" like free meals for employees; from the American obsession with "having it our way" to the surge of fast food chains individualizing the eating experience."--Provided by publisher.
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