Introducing the Sociology of Food and Eating (Paperback)

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Sociology, Food and Eating 2. Food at Home: 'The Family Meal in Decline?' 3. Food in Public: 'We are all Eating Out Nowadays' 4. Food in Institutions: 'Why are Hospital Meals Inadequate, School Lunches Meagre and Prison Diets Unappetizing?' 5. Food Preparation Competence: 'Cooking Skills are Being Lost Because People Rely on Convenience Foods' 6. Food Packaging: 'The Problem is that Food is OverPackaged' 7. Food and Ethnicity, Authenticity and Identity: 'Ethnic Foods are Everywhere' 8. Food, Nutrition and Hygiene: 'Why don't People Just Follow Professional Advice?' 9. Food Waste: 'How does so much Perfectly Edible Food Get Thrown Away?' 10. Food Poverty: 'Poor People should Eat Porridge not Cocoa Pops, it's Far Cheaper' 11. Food and Power: Politics, the Food System and 'Consumer Choice' 12. Conclusion: Sociology, Food and Eating Notes References Index