Description: ISBN: 9780745646909 This ex-library book is practically new. It has no library stamps anywhere along the text block. It has a library card sleeve. The cover has barely visible shelf dirt. The edges are in excellent condition. Pages appear new/show no signs of use. In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. ?The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, ?but no beast is a cook.' Cooking is central to our lives, despite the fact that it never received the attention from serious scholars it might have had Boswell's definition caught on. The kitchen is in many ways the heart of the home, and the dining table is the family's little theatre where we all act out our parts. It has its script (?how has your day been?') and it is the setting for both the pleasures and the crises of couples and family life. Having to sit facing each other brings out the best and the worst in us. Eating a meal is an ordeal by truth, and it reveals the true state of our conjugal and parental relationships. In this rich and highly entertaining book the French sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann takes us into kitchens and dining rooms and deciphers the meaning of food, cooking and eating in the lives of families and couples. We get inside cooks' heads and come to know their innermost - and often contradictory - thoughts. Should they rustle up a quick and simple meal, or create something special? That's a difficult question, as they are forging social relationships as well as making meals. Through this meticulous exploration of the everyday, Kaufmann brings out the astonishing ways in which we create our most meaningful relationships with our lovers, spouses and offspring through the ordinary acts of creating and consuming food.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Subject Area: Cooking
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Personalized: No
Level: Advanced
Features: Ex-Library, Like new, No library stamps along text block, Has library card sleeve, Pages like new, Cover has barely visible shelf dirt, Overall, book shows no signs of use, ISBN: 9780745646909
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 1
Subject: Cookery
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6.3in
Author: Jean-Claude Kaufmann
Publication Name: Meaning of Cooking
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
