Kitchen Secrets - The Meaning of Cooking in Everyday Life

Zusatztext 'This groundbreaking piece of research will be of interest to all those who have wondered 'Is cooking dead?' Short's answer is a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich contribution to a debate which has been mired in anecdote.'David Sutton! Associate Professor! Sociocultural Anthropology! Southern Illinois University Informationen zum Autor Frances Short is an independent writer and researcher and is an associate lecturer at the Open University. Zusammenfassung Explores the thoughts, values and opinions of home cooks, their practices and experiences, and the skills and knowledge they use to prepare and provide food. This book offers new ways of thinking about cooking, examining and often contesting commonly-held beliefs and theories about the role of practical cookery lessons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Who cares about cooking?2. Who knows about cooking?3. What do cooks think about cooking?4. Who can cook?5. What is a cook?6. What do cooks cook, and why?7. So how is cooking?8. What to do about cooking

Product details

• Authors: Frances Short, Short Frances
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2006
• EAN: 9781845202743
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-274-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General cookery books, basic cookery books; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Food & society, General cookery and recipes