Devoured
Subtitle: from chicken wings to kale smoothies-- how what we eat defines who we are
By: Sophie Egan
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780062390981
Subjects: Food habits; Consumer behavior; Food preferences; Diet
Description: A look at the deeper meaning behind our food choices: from the prioritization of convenience over health to the ways food at work affects our happiness; from the American obsession with "having it our way" at Starbucks, Chipotle and other chains that individualize the eating experience to the fascinating dynamic between highbrow food culture--artisan this and small-batch that--and the lowbrow, such as Taco Bell's sale of 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in just ten weeks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index.
Table of contents: title: The muddle of the modern mean; title: Food at work; title: Having it our way; title: Selling absence; title: Secular church; title: Diet evangelism; title: The democratization of wine; title: The age of stunt foods; title: Cheesepocalypse; title: The story of spaghetti; title: What to make of all this.