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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... Taste and Appetite The desire for food , the first of the human appetites , is , to be sure , an extremely complicated subject , physiologically as well as psycho- logically . One aspect is especially relevant to our present focus on ...
... Taste and Appetite The desire for food , the first of the human appetites , is , to be sure , an extremely complicated subject , physiologically as well as psycho- logically . One aspect is especially relevant to our present focus on ...
Pagina 88
... taste , a complicated blend of flavor , texture , and odor , along with hot and cold , dry and wet , is virtually indescribable : There are a lim- itless number of savors but only a handful of descriptive terms , and of these refer to ...
... taste , a complicated blend of flavor , texture , and odor , along with hot and cold , dry and wet , is virtually indescribable : There are a lim- itless number of savors but only a handful of descriptive terms , and of these refer to ...
Pagina 89
... taste for all things , or at least a latitude or openness of taste . To be sure , the entire digestive system needs also to be adapted to omnivo- rousness . But it is the relaxed and polymorphous gatekeeping of taste that allows in such ...
... taste for all things , or at least a latitude or openness of taste . To be sure , the entire digestive system needs also to be adapted to omnivo- rousness . But it is the relaxed and polymorphous gatekeeping of taste that allows in such ...
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