Food Around the World

Food Around the World: A Cultural Perspective Third Edition Margaret McWilliams Investigate what and how people eat as you explore the ways that geography and history have combined to shape the food patterns and cultures of countries and regions throughout the world. Examine how natural disasters, economics, and politics are contributing to food insecurity in many regions. Maps, photographs, and recipes bring this study alive to help build an appreciation of the world s cuisines and open the doorway to a better understanding of the food ways of America s increasingly diverse population. Study aids include:

• More than 20 maps of regions and countries
• More than 200 color and 300 black-and-white photos
• Chapter objectives
• Definitions in the margins
• Glossary
• Many recipes representative of the countries and regions in each chapter
• Chapter summaries
• Various types of study questions
• Suggested web sites
• Bibliographies by country or region

This beautiful and unique book is one that will earn a permanent spot in your personal library, where it can serve as a valuable reference for your culinary adventures, whether they be in your kitchen, your armchair, or while touring the globe. "