Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples
David E. Sutton, "Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples "
English | ISBN: 1800732236 | 2021 | 142 pages | PDF | 21 MB
English | ISBN: 1800732236 | 2021 | 142 pages | PDF | 21 MB
What defines cooking as cooking, and why does cooking matter to the understanding of society, cultural change and everyday life? This book explores these questions by proposing a new theory of the meaning of cooking as a willingness to put oneself and one’s meals at risk on a daily basis. Richly illustrated with examples from the author’s anthropology fieldwork in Greece, Bigger Fish to Fry proposes a new approach to the meaning of cooking and how the study of cooking can reshape our understanding of social processes more generally.
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