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Consumed : Why Americans Love, Hate, and Fear Food
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Consumed : Why Americans Love, Hate, and Fear Food Softcover - 1994

by Stacey, Michelle

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In this fascinating profile of America's love-hate relationship with food, Stacey journeys from research laboratories and food factories to kitchens and conventions to reveal the secret and not-so-secret ingredients of the nation's obsession with food.

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Touchstone Book, New York, NY, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Text is clean, pages are lightly hued due to age; binding is tight. Copy is lightly dulled plus a reminder mark to text block; otherwise, no noted issues. 237 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Self Help & Motivation; Cooking, Wine & Dining. ISBN: 0671501011. ISBN/EAN: 9780671501013. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560754421. . 9780671501013
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  • Title Consumed : Why Americans Love, Hate, and Fear Food
  • Author Stacey, Michelle
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good Condition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Book, New York, NY
  • Date 1994
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1560754421
  • ISBN 9780671501013 / 0671501011
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.46 x 5.5 x 0.59 in (21.49 x 13.97 x 1.50 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93034940
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.140

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First line

It may come as something of a surprise to those embedded in today's culture of technologically altered foodstuffs and double-blind studies of cholesterol and heart disease to learn that many aspects of our current response to food were foreshadowed one hundred years ago, in an age when electricity was new and polyunsaturated fats virtually unknown.

From the rear cover

Something has happened to food in America. It is no longer simply food-- filling, good-tasting, life-sustaining. Rather, it is "fat free" or "high in fiber" or "loaded with calories"-- it is an enemy that will steal life away, or a savior that will prolong it. In this provocative and entertaining look at the uniquely American obsession with food, Michelle Stacey chronicles the psychological and cultural forces that have transformed oat bran and broccoli into magical totems, and steak, butter, and eggs into killers. Stacey takes us on a revealing journey through the landscape of American food paranoia-- from supermarkets, to restaurant kitchens, to research labs-- and ultimately suggests a new answer to our fears, one that takes into account our ancient and abiding love for eating. Perceptive and original, "Consumed" will change the way you think about food.

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 03/20/1995, Page 0

About the author

Michelle Stacey is an award-winning journalist, author, and editor who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Elle, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Prevention, Martha Stewart Living, and many more. Much of her work focuses on food and culture, diet and nutrition, health and wellness, and science. As a magazine editor, Stacey has worked on the staffs of Women's Health, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, Savvy, and Outside. She is the author of four books: Consumed: Why Americans Love, Hate, and Fear Food (Simon & Schuster), The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery (Tarcher/Putnam), as well as The Complete Guide to Keto (Centennial Books), Holiday Keto (Centennial Books), and Intermittent Fasting for Hungry People (Centennial Books).

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