The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our NatureFree Press, 1994 - 248 pagini What is the full meaning of eating? What does it reveal about the soul? What is the meaning of human omnivorousness and the myriad customs that refine human eating, transforming animal feeding into human dining? This book examines the phenomena of eating, natural and cultural - from metabolism, appetite, and taste, to hospitality, table manners, and the ritual meal, and reveals how eating not only feeds the body but also nourishes the soul. |
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Pagina 133
... Meal In most parts of the world people who come together for meals take food at a table . Some tables are round or ... meal . But the meal is already an advanced kind of eating , as Brillat - Savarin observed in his specula- tions on the ...
... Meal In most parts of the world people who come together for meals take food at a table . Some tables are round or ... meal . But the meal is already an advanced kind of eating , as Brillat - Savarin observed in his specula- tions on the ...
Pagina 134
... meal . The pleasure of eating is common to ourselves and the lower animals , and depends on nothing but hunger and the means to satisfy it . The pleasures of the table are peculiar to mankind , and depend upon much antecedent care over ...
... meal . The pleasure of eating is common to ourselves and the lower animals , and depends on nothing but hunger and the means to satisfy it . The pleasures of the table are peculiar to mankind , and depend upon much antecedent care over ...
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... meal . This goal can be simply formulated : to repeat , No involuntary participation in someone else's digestion . Manners not only prevent disgust . Along with the other customs of the table — including what is eaten , where , when ...
... meal . This goal can be simply formulated : to repeat , No involuntary participation in someone else's digestion . Manners not only prevent disgust . Along with the other customs of the table — including what is eaten , where , when ...
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