The Essence of Japanese Cuisine

An Essay on Food and Culture

Michael Ashkenazi author Jeanne Jacob author Michael Ashkenazi Michael Ashkenazi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:23rd Dec '14

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The past few years have shown a growing interest in cooking and food, as a result of international food issues such as BSE, world trade and mass foreign travel, and at the same time there has been growing interest in Japanese Studies since the 1970s. This volume brings together the two interests of Japan and food, examining both from a number of perspectives. The book reflects on the social and cultural side of Japanese food, and at the same time reflects also on the ways in which Japanese culture has been affected by food, a basic human institution. Providing the reader with the historical and social bases to understand how Japanese cuisine has been and is being shaped, this book assumes minimal familiarity with Japanese society, but instead explores the country through the topic of its cuisine.

'An extensive and interesting study of a subject on which hitherto there has been very little written in English.' - Petits Propos Culinaires

ISBN: 9780415759939

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 408g

252 pages