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Hard to swallow : a brief history of food

Title
Hard to swallow : a brief history of food / Richard W. Lacey.
Author
Lacey, Richard (Richard Westgarth)
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Description
xi, 340 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
You are what you eat - or are you? What is in food? Where does it come from? Richard Lacey, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at Leeds University and a popular media critic on food issues, takes the reader on a culinary exploration into the world of food. Blending science and humour, he stimulates us to question the future and to think about the nature of what we eat and where it comes from. Richard Lacey is on the side of the consumer, you and me, as he reveals the sinister side of food production and the dangers lurking in the kitchen. The reader is served up with a feast of practical tips on the handling of food. But food is FUN too! Our taste buds work overtime as we are shown how to enjoy food that is delicious, healthy and safe. The overall message is enjoy your food but be aware of the dangers and take care. As you read you will laugh, wince and learn about FOOD.
Subject
  • Food
  • Food industry and trade
  • Food contamination
  • Nutrition
  • Food
  • Food Contamination
  • Food-Processing Industry
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • food
  • Food contamination
  • Food industry and trade
  • Nutrition
  • Ernährung
  • Lebensmittel
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Farming -- Plant crops -- Early meat -- Intensive rearing of mammals and birds-a true horror story -- Salmon and polyunsaturated fats -- pt. 2. Food processing -- Dried food -- Moist processed food -- pt. 3. Composition of food -- Meat substitutes -- Food poisoning -- Additives -- pt. 4. Getting ready to eat -- The supermarket -- Water, brown fizz and alcoholic drinks -- Take-aways -- For those of you with kitchens -- pt. 5. The ideal diet -- The ideal diet -- Hospital food-need it be so bad? -- Enjoying eating -- pt. 6. Is there a solution? -- Is there a solution?
ISBN
  • 0521440017
  • 9780521440011
  • 0521440117 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
93020808
OCLC
  • ocm28583323
  • 28583323
  • SCSB-2014989
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library