Annals of the Association of American …, Jan 1, 2010
Increasing awareness and concern with global climate change has led to a push to identify local f... more Increasing awareness and concern with global climate change has led to a push to identify local food consumption as a way to reduce food miles and help preserve the environment. The journey from farm to fork is rarely a simple connection between farmer and consumer but involves a range of different actors and agents, located in different places and at different socioeconomic scales. The result is a confusing array of meanings that can be attached to food items considered to be local (eg, local supplier, local producer, local commodity ...
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore how friendships are “done” through processes ... more Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore how friendships are “done” through processes of eating together formally within the British context, paying attention to how taste is displayed through food. Existing research on food consumption and social differentiation has in the main concentrated on eating out, but there is little research on entertaining inside the home. Based on qualitative interviews with middle class couples at different stages of life in the north of England, we use one example of home entertaining—the dinner party—to ...
Annals of the Association of American …, Jan 1, 2010
Increasing awareness and concern with global climate change has led to a push to identify local f... more Increasing awareness and concern with global climate change has led to a push to identify local food consumption as a way to reduce food miles and help preserve the environment. The journey from farm to fork is rarely a simple connection between farmer and consumer but involves a range of different actors and agents, located in different places and at different socioeconomic scales. The result is a confusing array of meanings that can be attached to food items considered to be local (eg, local supplier, local producer, local commodity ...
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore how friendships are “done” through processes ... more Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore how friendships are “done” through processes of eating together formally within the British context, paying attention to how taste is displayed through food. Existing research on food consumption and social differentiation has in the main concentrated on eating out, but there is little research on entertaining inside the home. Based on qualitative interviews with middle class couples at different stages of life in the north of England, we use one example of home entertaining—the dinner party—to ...
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