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Consumed: Why Americans Love, Hate, and Fear Food
Consumed Why Americans Love Hate and Fear Food
Author: Michelle Stacey
Something has happened to food in America. It is no longer simply food-- filling, good-tasting, life-sustaining. Rather, it is "fat free" or "high in fiber" or "loaded with calories"-- it is an enemy that will steal life away, or a savior that will prolong it. In this provocative and entertaining look at the uniquely American obsession with food...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671767549
ISBN-10: 0671767542
Publication Date: 4/1994
Pages: 237
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Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
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A series of essays focusing on the increasing fat/sugar fears of the 1990's. Nice, self-contained chapters, like pieces in the _New Yorker_. Recommended, but it's got more breadth than depth.


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