The Meaning of Food
 "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are." --Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Every living thing needs food to survive, but for humans, food has a much deeper and more complex significance. This beautifully illustrated, thought-provoking ... [... more]
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The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It ... [... more]
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Food in Painting: From the Renaissance to the Present
From the hearty meals being devoured by peasants on a Bruegel canvas to the lush and lifelike fruits of a trompe l'oeil, food has enjoyed a central place in painting for centuries. These two great sensory pleasures come together in the sumptuously ... [... more]
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The Ethics of Food: A Reader for the Twenty-First Century
In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a broad ... [... more]
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The Obsession
The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It ... [... more]
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We Are What We Ate: 24 Memories of Food ,A Share Our ...
In We Are What We Ate: 24 Memories of Food, some of America's best writers recall how food has defined their existence. "In my house, curry would have been more exotic than heroin," professes editor Mark Winegardner in the introduction. " ... [... more]
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The Oxford Companion to Food 2nd Ed
Alan Davidson's Oxford Companion to Food has been over 20 years in the assembling, but here it is; and it is superlatively worth the wait. In fact, superlatives fall silent. A huge and authoritative dictionary of 2,650 entries on just about every ... [... more]
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The Book of Kin (The Ringing Cedars Series, Book 6)
In 1994 a Siberian elder told Vladimir Megre a fascinating story about the "ringing cedars" - trees respected from the Biblical times for their power to re-connect Man with the Divine. The elder told him where such a ringing cedar was growing ... [... more]
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Lord's Table: The Meaning of Food in Early Judaism and ...
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The Obsession : Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It ... [... more]
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The Meaning of Food
Title: The Meaning of Food UPC: 841887005296 Actor: Julie Dash , Nikky Finney , Vertamae Grosvenor Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Publisher: PBS (Direct) Number of Item: 1 Package Dimisions: 7.1 x 0.18 x 0.58 inches Package Weight: 0.18 pounds Region Code: 1 ... [... more]
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The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It ... [... more]
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