FOOD AND CULTURE

Modern Europe

Albala K (2000) Southern Europe. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1203-1210 [history; contemporary food habits; food & religion].

Atkins PJ (1997) The Maltese Food System and the Mediterranean. Geojournal. 41 [food system; Europe; Malta].

a street in paris (© Goldstein B)Bakken R; Jezewska-Zychowicz M; Winter M (1999) Household Nutrition and Health in Poland. Social Science and Medicine. 49:1677- [Europe; Poland].

Batur S; Kabakci E; Gulol C (2003) Maladaptive Eating Attitudes of Elite and Amateur Turkish Dancers: Are They at Risk? Eating and weight disorders. 8:263-267 [eating disorder; Europe; Turkey].

Boisard P (2003) Camembert: A National Myth. University of California Press [foodstuff; cheese; cheese-making; industrialization; Europe; France].

Brandes S (1992) Maize as a Culinary Mystery. Ethnology. 31:331-336 [malnutrition; pellagra; Europe].

Brenton B (1998) Pellagra and Nutrition Policy: Lessons from the Great Irish Famine to the New South Africa. Nutritional Anthropology. 22:1-11 [malnutrition; diet and disease; pellagra; Africa; Europe; South Africa; Mozambique; Malawi; Ireland].

Brillat-Savarin J (1971) The Physiology of Taste. (orginally published in 1825) [miscellaneous interests; foodways; early 19th century Europe; France].

Buckner A (1999) Keeping Kosher: Eating and Social Identity among the Jews of Denmark. Ethnology. 38:191-209 [eating habits; social relations; Europe].

Burger GCE; Drummond JC; Sandstead HR (1948) Malnutrition and Starvation in Western Netherlands, September 1944 -- July 1945. General State Printing Office [famine; Europe; Netherlands].

Capatti A, Montanari M. (2003) Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History. Columbia University Press [food habits; high cuisine; cookery; Europe; Italy]

Cavelli-Sforza LT; Strata A; Barone A, et al. (1987) Primary Lactose Malabsorption in Italy: Regional Differences in Prevalence and Relationship to Lactose Intolerance and Milk Consumption. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 45:748-754 [physical anthropology; lactose; milk use; Europe; Italy].

Ceyhan O (1999) Bitter Taste Thresholds in a Turkish Society. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 38:137- [taste; Europe; Turkey].

Connell KH (1955) Marriage in Ireland after the Famine. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. 19:82-103 [mass starvation; social relations; Europe; Ireland].

Counihan CM (2004) Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence. Routledge [social life; family meals; gender; Europe; Italy].

Cweirtka K; Walraven B (2001) Asian Food: The Global and the Local. University of Hawaii Press [collected papers; foodways; change; acculturation; Asia; Europe].

Cwiertka KJ (1995) To What Extent Is Foreign Food Adaptation Culturally Determined -- an Example of Japan in Comparison with Europe. Appetite. 24:272-280 [change; East Asia; Europe].

Douglas M (1972) Deciphering a Meal. Daedelus. 101:61-82 [symbol; structure; Europe; England].

Douglas M; Nicod M (1974) Taking the Biscuit: The Structure of British Meals New Society, pp. 744-747 [Europe; United Kingdom].

Edwards DM; Watt RG (1997) Diet and Hygiene in the Life of Gypsy Travellers in Hertfordshire. Community and Dental Health. 14:41-46 [Europe; United Kingdom; Rom].

Evans NS; Dowler EA (1999) Food, Health and Eating among Single Homeless and Marginalized People in London. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 12:179- [social relations; diet and health; Europe; England; London].

Fjellstrom C (2004) Mealtime and Meal Patterns from a Cultural Perspective. Scadinavian Journal of Nutrition. 48:161-164 [culture; theoretical perspective; meal research; Europe; Sweden].

Forbes C (1976) Gathering in Southern Argolid: A Subsistence System in a Greek Agricultural Community. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 268:251-264 [food system; foraging; Europe; Greece].

Recommended -- click for detailsFoster G (1953) Relationships between Spanish and Spanish-American Folk Medicine. Journal of American Folklore. 66:210-217 [classification; medicine; Europe; Latin America; Spain].

Freeman L (1981) The Fat of the Land: Notes on Paleolithic Diet in Iberia. in RO Harding; G Teleki (eds) Omnivorous Primates: Gathering and Hunting in Human Evolution, pp. 104-165 [paleoanthropology; Europe].

Gade DW (1976) Horsemeat as Human Food in France. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 5:1-11 [food use; horse; Europe; France].

Garcia-Closas R (2006) Changes in Food Supply in Mediterranean Countries from 1961 to 2001. Public Health Nutrition. 9:53-60(8) [ dietary change; Mediterranean diet; food supply; nutrition; Europe; North Africa; Spain; Italy; France; Greece; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Turkey].

Recommended -- click for detailsGiskes K (2006) A Multilevel Study of Socio-Economic Inequalities in Food Choice Behaviour and Dietary Intake among the Dutch Population: The Globe Study. Public Health Nutrition. 9:75-83(9) [food choice; social position; economic status; Europe; Netherlands; Eindhoven].

Goldstein D (1999) The Georgian Feast: The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia. University of California Press [foodways; cookery; Europe; Georgia].

Graves T (2002) Bread and Oil: Majorcan Culture's Last Stand. University of Wisconsin [foodways; social life; cookery; Europe; Spain; Majorca].

Grivetti LE (1995) Morning Meals: North American and Mediterranean Breakfast Patterns: America at Breakfast. Nutrition Today. 30:128-134 [food habits; breakfast; North America; Europe; United States; Mediterranean].

Grivetti LE (1995) Morning Meals: North American and Mediterranean Breakfast Patterns: The European Anglo-Saxon Heritage. Nutrition Today. 30:24-29 [food habits; breakfast; North America; Europe; Mediterranean].

Groth MV; Fagt S; Brondsted L (2001) Social Determinants of Dietary Habits in Denmark. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 55:959-966 [social relations; Europe].

Harbottle L (1997) Taste and Embodiment: The Food Preferences of Iranians in Britain. in H Macbeth (ed) Food Preferences and Taste. Berghahn, pp. 175-185 [choice of foods; Europe; West Asia; Iran].

Helweg-Larsen P (1952) Famine Disease in German Concentration Camps, Complications and Sequels. Ejnar Munksgaard [starvation; Europe].

Hoare P; Cosgrove L (1998) Eating Habits, Body Esteem and Self-Esteem in Scottish Children and Adolescents. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 45:425- [eating habits; body image; child nutrition; Europe; Scotland].

Hudgins S (2003) A Trinity of Siberian Easter Season Meals. Anthropology of East Europe Review. 21:17-26 [feasts; North Asia; Siberia].

Hupkens C (2000) Social Class Differences in Food Consumption: The Explanatory Value of Permissiveness and Health and Cost Considerations. European Journal of Public Health. 10:108-113 [social relations; eating habits; food costs; middle class; lower class; child nutrition; Europe; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany].

Jarvenpa R (1999) Bush Food/Country Food/Town Food: Power, Meaning and Dietary Transformation in Three Societies. in E Museo Nacional de Antropologia (ed) Alimentacion Y Cultura Actas Del Congreso Internacional, Vol Ii 1998. La Val de Onsera, pp. 729-748- [change; social meaning; North American Indians; Chipewyan (Dene); Europe; Finland; Central America; Costa Rica; Terraba].

Kalvik S (1984) The Cooking of Estonia. Perioodika [ethnic foodways; recipes; Europe; Estonia].

Leitch A (2003) Slow Food and the Politics of Pork Fat: Italian Food and European Identity. Ethnos. 68:437-462 [social identity; social movements; consumption; Europe; Italy].

Informative -- click for detailsLentz C, editor (1998) Changing Food Habits: Case Studies from Africa, South America, and Europe. Gordon and Breach [collected papers; change; Africa; South America; Europe].

Lestringant F (1997) Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne. University of California Press [cannibalism as symbol; Europe].

Lien M (1997) Marketing and Modernity: An Ethnography of Marketing Practice. Berg [food sales; globalization; Europe; Norway].

An Instructive Collection -- click for detailsLuke A; Cooper RS; Prewitt TE, et al. (2001) Nutritional Consequences of the African Diaspora. Annual Review of Nutrition. 21:47-71 [nutritional transition; undernutrition; deficiency disease; overnutrition; Africa; Europe; North America].

Macbeth H; Green A (1997) Nationality and Food Preferences in the Cerdanya Valley, Eastern Pyrennes. in H Macbeth (ed) Food Preferences and Taste. Berghahn, pp. 139-154 [social identity; nationality; food habits; Europe; France; Spain].

Mack GR; Surina A (2005) Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia. Greenwood [foods; foodways; ethnic cuisines; Europe; Central Asia; Russia].

Marzhowska M; McLaughlin L (1928) Polish Food Habits. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 4:142-148 [food habits; Europe; Poland].

Matalas A-L; Franti C; Grivetti LE (1999) Comparative Study of Diet and Disease Prevalence in Greek Chians Part 1: Rural and Urban Residents of Chios. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 38:351- [diet and disease; Europe; Greece].

Matalas A-L; Franti C; Grivetti LE (1999) Comparative Study of Diets and Disease Prevalence in Greek Chians Part 2: Chian Immigrants to Athens and the United States. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 38:381- [diet and disease; Europe; North America; Greece; United States].

McKie L; Clark GM; Skerratt S (1998) The Promotion of Healthy Eating: Food Availability and Choice in Scottish Island Communities. Health Education Research. 13:371- [choice; nutrition education; health; Europe; Great Britain; Scotland].

Messer E (1987) The Hot and Cold in Mesoamerican Indigenous and Hispanicized Thought. Social Science and Medicine. 25:346-399 [food classification; hot and cold categories; Central America; Mexico; Europe].

Important -- click for detailsNestle M (2000) The Mediterranean (Diets and Disease Prevention). in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1193-1203 [history; contemporary food habits;; diet and health; Europe; Mediterranean].

Netting R (1986) Cultural Ecology. Waveland [ecology; subsistance systems; Africa (Kung San, East African Pastoralists); North America (Northwest Coast Indians); Europe (Swiss)].

Nilsen H; Utsi E; Bonaa K (1999) Dietary and Nutrient Intake of a Sami Population Living in Traditional Reindeer Herding Essential Reference -- click for detailsAreas in North Norway: Comparison with a Group of Norwegians. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 58:120- [Europe; Norway; Sami (Laplanders)].

Otterloo van AH (2000) The Low Countries. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1232-1240 [history; contemporary food habits; modernization; globalization; Europe].

Parasecoli F (2004) Food Culture in Italy. Greenwood Press [foodstuffs; ingredients; daily meals; snacks; roles of women; change; convenience foods; slow food movement; Europe; Mediterranean diet].

Pardo-De-Santayana M; Tardio J; Morales R (2005) The Gathering and Consumption of Wild Edible Plants in the Campoo (Cantabria, Spain). International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 56:529-542(14) [foodstuffs; wild plants; ethnobotany; Europe; Spain; Campoo].

Informative -- click for detailsPelto GH; Pelto PJ; Lung'aho MS (1981) "Modern" And "Traditional" Food Use in West Finland: An Example of Quantitative Pattern Analysis. Nutritional Research. 1:63-71 [food habit change; nutritional anthropology; research methods; Europe].

Petrosian I; Underwood D (2006) Armenian Food: Fact, Fiction & Folklore. Lulu Press / Yerkir Publishing [foodways; cookery; Europe; Armenia (Hayastan)].

Pieroni A; Nebel S; Santoro RF, et al. (2005) Food for Two Seasons: Culinary Uses of Non-Cultivated Local Vegetables and Mushrooms in a South Italian Village. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 56:245-272 [food use; non-cultivated plants; seasonability; ecology; ethnoecology; cultural heritage; Europe; Italy].

Rognvaldardottir N (2002) Icelandic Food and Cookery [history; contemporary food habits; customs; foodstuffs; Europe].

Raulio S; Roos E; Rahkonen O, et al. (2005) Twenty-Year Trends of Workplace Lunches in Finland. Food Service Technology. 5:57-66 [eating outside home; food habits; lunch; socio-demographic differences; trends; workplace cafeteria; Europe; Finland ].

Ross E (1986) Potatoes, Population, and the Irish Famine: The Political Economy of Demographic Change. in WP Handwerker (ed) Culture and Reproduction: An Anthropological Critique of Demographic Transition Theory. Westview, pp. 196-220 [famine; potato; human ecology; food system; Europe; Ireland].

Rozin P; Kabnick K; Pete E, et al. (2003) The Ecology of Eating Smaller Portion Sizes in France Than in the United States Help Explain the French Paradox. Psychological Science. 14:450-454 [eating attitudes; quantity of food consumed; Europe; North America].

Recommended -- click for detailsSalvador ML (1987) Food for the Holy Ghost: Ritual Exchange in Azorean Festivals. in A Falassi (ed) Time out of Time: Essays on the Festival. University of New Mexico Press, pp. 244-260 [food in ritual; festival; religion; symbol and meaning; Europe; Africa; Azores].

Saffron I (2002) Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World's Most Coveted Delicacy. Broadway Books [foodstuff; contemporary trade; ecology; pollution; history; Europe; Western Asia; Caspian Sea].

Salvador ML (1987) Food for the Holy Ghost: Ritual Exchange in Azorean Festivals. in A Falassi (ed) Time out of Time: Essays on the Festival. University of New Mexico Press, pp. 244-260 [food in ritual; festival; religion; symbol and meaning; Europe; Africa; Azores].

Sarpaki A (2001) Condiments, Perfume and Dye Plants in Linear B: A Look at the Textual and Archaeobotanical Evidence. in A Michailidou (ed) Manufacture and Measurement: Counting, Measuring and Recording Craft Items in Early Aegean Societies. Research Center for Green and Roman Antiquity, National Hellenic Reseach Foundation, pp. 195-265 [archaeology; food use; Europe; Mediterranean].

Sarpaki A (2001) Processed Cereals and Pulses from the Late Bronze Age Site of Akrotiri, Thera: Preparations Prior to Consumption. British School of Anthens. 96:27-40 [archaeology; food processing; Europe; Mediterranean].

Sarri KO (2004) Greek Orthodox Fasting Rituals: A Hidden Characteristic of the Mediterranean Diet of Crete. British Journal of Nutrition. 92:277-284 [fasting; dietary intake; Greek Orthodox Church; Europe; Crete].

Sarri KO (2005) Is Religious Fasting Related to Iron Status in Greek Orthodox Christians? British Journal of Nutrition. 94:198-203 [iron status; deficiency; fasting; vegetarian diet; Europe; Orthodox Christians].

Scharer MR; Fenton A (1998) Food and Material Culture: Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium of the International Commission for Research into European Food History. Tuckwell Press [collected papers; food processing; kitchen appliances; tableware; industrial production; food preservation; Europe].

Simopoulos AP (1995) The Mediterranean Food Guide. Nutrition Today. 30:54-61 [dietary patterns; nutritional values; change; Europe; Greece].

Simopoulos AP (2001) The Mediterranean Diet: What Is So Special About the Diet of Greece? The Scientific Evidence. Journal of Nutrition. 131:3065s-3073s [dietary patterns; nutritional values; Europe].

Skreblin L; Sujoldzic A (2003) Acculturation Process and Its Effects on Dietary Habits, Nutritional Behavior and Body-Image in Adolescents. Collegicum anthropologicum. 27:469-478 [acculturation; body image; emigration & immigration; food habits; adolescent nutrition; Europe; Croatia; Dalmatia].

Steckel RH (2005) Health and Nutrition in the Pre-Industrial Era: Insights from a Millennium of Average Heights in Northern Europe. Living Recommended -- click for detailsStandards in the Past. 1:227-255 [skeletal remains; nutrition; stature; health; climate; living standards; social inequality; urbanization; Europe; Middle Ages].

Stearns PN (1997) Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West. New York University Press [body imagine; dieting; Europe; North America; France; United States].

Sutton D (2001) Remembrance of Repasts: An Anthropology of Food and Memory. Berg Press [cognition; meaning; feasts; Europe; Greece; Kalymnos].

Tibbott SM (2002) Domestic Life in Wales. University of Wales Press [foodways; diet; cookery; social relations; Europe; United Kingdom; Wales].

Tiggemann M; Verri A; Scaravaggi S (2005) Body Dissatisfaction, Disordered Eating, Fashion Magazines, and Clothes: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Australian and Italian Young Women. International Journal of Psychology. 40:293 [eating disorder; body image; cross-cultural perspective; Europe].

Tur JA (2004) Adherence to the Mediterranean Dietary Pattern among the Population of the Balearic Islands. British Journal of Nutrition. 92:341-346 [lifestyle; dietary intake; Europe; Spain].

Turmo IG (1997) The Pathways of Taste: The West Andalucian Case. in H Macbeth (ed) Food Preferences and Taste. Berghahn, pp. 115-126 [food choice; ecology; social relations; Europe; Spain; Seville; Cadiz; Huelva].

Recommended -- click for detailsValagao MM (1997) Evolution in Eating Habits in the Alto Douro of Northern Portugal. in H Macbeth (ed) Food Preferences and Taste. Berghahn, pp. 127-137 [food habit change; Europe].

Vaughan SJ; Coulson WDE (2000) Paleodiet in the Aegean. Oxbow Books [paleoanthropology; Europe; Mediterranean].

Warde A (1997) Consumption, Food and Taste: Culinary Antinomies and Commodity Culture. Sage [food selection; determinants of taste; social relations; Europe; United Kingdom].

Warde A; Marten L; Olsen W (1999) Consumption Ahd the Problem of Variety: Cultural Omnivorousness, Social Distinction and Dining Out. Sociology. 33:105-127 [restaurants; social identity; symbol and meaning; Europe; England; London; Bristol; Preston].

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