Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Your appetizer, An introduction to the psychology of eating
2. Recipe for Success, Research methods and food studies
3. “Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you what you are” Food effects on behavior and psyche
4. Top Chef Paleolithic, Evolutionary psychology and eating
5. This is your brain on food, The biopsychology of eating
6. Savor the flavor, Gustation and Olfaction
7. Variety is the spice of life, Cognitive psychology and eating
8. L’appétit vient en mangeant, Learning processes in consumption
9. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?
Child development and eating
10. "When in Rome..." Social influences on eating
11. Overnutrition and Public Health
12. Beyond the golden cage, Eating disorders
13. Eating is necessary, and cooking is an art, The origin of cuisine
Bibliography
Index