Food culture, consumption and society
By: Paolo Corvo, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781137398161
Subjects: Social aspects; Food consumption; Food habits; Nutrition; Quality of life
Description: This book analyses how consumer food choices have undergone profound changes in the context of the economic crisis, including the rediscovery of local products and the diffusion of multi-ethnic food. Corvo argues that a new ecological relationship between food and the environment is needed to reduce food problems such as food waste and obesity.--
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Food Culture and Society; title: Crisis and Theories of Food Consumption; title: Problematics of Food; title: Food, Environment and Quality of Life.