Haines, Helen R., editorSammells, Clare A., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032010http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87607Anthropologists training to do fieldwork in far-off, unfamiliar places prepare for significant challenges with regard to language, customs, and other cultural differences. However, like other travelers to unknown places, they are often unprepared to deal with the most basic and necessary requirement: food. Although there are many books on the anthropology of food, Adventures in Eating is the first intended to prepare students for the uncomfortable dining situations they may encounter over the course of their careers. Many cultures place significance on food and hospitality, and whether sago grubs, jungle rats, termites, or the pungent durian fruit are on the table, participating in the act of sharing food can establish relationships vital to anthropologists' research practices and knowledge of their host cultures. Using their own experiences with unfamiliar and sometimes unappealing food food practices and customs, the contributors explore such eating moments and how these moments can produce new under-standings of culture and the meaning of food beyond the immediate experience of eating it. They also address how personal eating experiences arid culinary dilemmas can shape the data and methodologies of the discipline. The main readership of Adventures in Eating will be students in anthropology and other scholars, but the explosion of food media gives the book additional appeal for fans of No Reservations and Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel. Helen R. Haines is a research associate at Trent University Archaeology Research Center and teaches anthropology at Trent University and the University of Toronto-Mississauga. Clare A. Sammells is assistant professor of anthropology at Bucknell University.--Book jacket.The importance of food and feasting around the world / Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells -- Boiled eggs with chicks inside, or what commensality means / Robert Ivar Lohmann -- A rat by any other name: conflicting definitions of "dinner" in Belize, Central America / Helen R. Haines -- The delicacy of raising and eating guinea pig / David John Goldstein -- Termites tell the tale: globalization of an indigenous food system among Abaluyia of Western Kenya / Maria G. Cattell -- Ode to a Chuño: learning to love freeze-dried potatoes in highland Bolivia / Clare A. Sammells -- Durian: the king of fruits or an acquired taste? / Maxine E. McBrinn -- MSG and sugar: dilemmas and tribulations of a "native" ethnographer / Lidia Marte -- Eating incorrectly in Japan / James J. Aimers -- No heads, no feet, no monkeys, no dogs: the evolution of personal food taboos / Miriam S. Chaiken -- Buona forchetta: overeating in Italy / Rachel Black -- "No thanks, I don't eat meat": vegetarian adventures in beef-centric Argentina / Ariela Zycherman -- Eating with the Blackfeet: who's been eating whose food? / Susan L. Johnston -- Drinking Ethiopia / Ronald Reminick -- You are what you drink in Honduras / Joel Palka -- Epilogue: Edibles and ethnic boundaries, globalization and guinea pigs / Miriam S. Chaiken.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Food habitsFood preferencesDinners and diningTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.