Good to Eat

Author: Marvin Harris
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0671503669

Good to Eat

Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. Get Good to Eat diet books 2013 for free.
He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it's "bad" to eat people but "good" to kill them, and why children universally Check Good to Eat our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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