Culinary Taste

ISBN-13: 9780750657679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str.

Donald Sloan

Opis

Approaching its subject from a multitude of angles, this book provides an insight into the nature of culinary taste as expressed in commercial restaurant settings. The influence on culinary taste by a variety of factors, including the media, gender issues, health issues, marketing and geography, is explored, and the way that these factors can be translated into successful business in industry is considered.

Recenzje

"This fascinating text provides an insight into our food choices and our dining behaviour. It is an excellent read for those like me who work in the restaurant sector, or for anyone with a passion for food and wine. I warmly recommend it."

Raymond Blanc

Spis treści

Foreword (Leith); Introduction (Sloan); The social construction of taste (Seymour); The postmodern palate: dining out in the individualized era (Sloan); Taste and space: eating out in the city today (Bell); Chic cuisine: the impact of fashion on food (Finkelstein); The shock of the new: a sociology of nouvelle cuisine (Wood); Contemporary lifestyles: the case of wine (Demossier); Shaping culinary taste: the influence of commercial operators(Brookes); Gender and culinary taste (Wood); Developing a taste for health (Fouillé); My most memorable meal ever! Hospitality as an emotional experience (Lashley, Morrison, Randall); Index

O autorze

Donald Sloan