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Good to eat : riddles of food and culture

Marvin Harris
Explores the vast range of dietary habits around the world and examines the development of these differences
Print Book, English, 1998, ©1985
Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, Ill., 1998, ©1985
289 pages ; 22 cm
9781577660156, 1577660153
43638785
Good to think or good to eat?
Meat hunger
The riddle of the sacred cow
The abominable pig
Hippophagy
Holy beef, U.S.A
Lactophiles and lactophobes : milk lovers and milk haters
Small things
Dogs, cats, dingoes and other pets
People eating
Better to eat
Originally published in 1985 as "Good to eat." Published in 1987 as "The sacred cow and the abominable pig."