TY  - BOOK
AU  - Freedman, Paul.
TI  - Why food matters
SN  - 9780300253771
U1  - 641.3 FRE 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Haven :	
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Food
KW  - History
KW  - Food habits
N1  - Includes references and index
N2  - “A rich and fascinating narrative that reaches deep into the historical and cultural larder of societal experience, powerfully illustrating the myriad ways that food matters as an essential condiment for humanity.”—Danny Meyer, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack

Why does food matter? Historically, food has not always been considered a serious subject on par with, for instance, a performance art like opera or a humanities discipline like philosophy. Necessity, ubiquity, and repetition contribute to the apparent banality of food, but these attributes don’t capture food’s emotional and cultural range, from the quotidian to the exquisite
ER  -