The Meaning of CookingISBN: 978-0-7456-4690-9
Hardcover
280 pages
July 2010, Polity
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- Jean-Claude Kaufmann is one of the best-selling sociologists in France. He's Professor of Sociology at the Sorbonne and he's written a series of books on relationships, intimacy and the self which get a great deal of review coverage in France.
- This new book by Kaufmann examines food and cooking and the role they play in the lives of couples and families. Kaufmann takes us into the kitchens and dining rooms of ordinary people and deciphers the meaning of food, cooking and eating, uncovering the ways we create our most meaningful relationships with our lovers, spouses and children through the ordinary acts of creating and consuming food.
- It is funny, well-written and uses lots of examples that will be immediately recognizable to readers.
- This book has got a lot of attention, not only in France but also internationally Ð it had a major review in the International Herald Tribune.
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