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Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom : Excursions into Eating, Power, and the Past
Tasting Food Tasting Freedom Excursions into Eating Power and the Past Author:Sidney Mintz A renowned anthropologist explores the history and meaning of eating in America. — Addressing issues ranging from the global phenomenon of Coca-Cola to the diets of American slaves, Sidney Mintz shows how our choices about food are shaped by a vast and increasingly complex global economy. He demonstrates that our food choices have enormous and of... more »ten surprising significance.
"A buffet of information."
— Gael McCarthy, The New York Times
"A collection of thoughtful. . . . essays. [Mintz's] writing is intellectually lively and stylistically colorful."