How We Eat: Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Leon Rappoport (Author), Walter Dixon (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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Tracing culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw to the nuked, this book elucidates the factors and myths shaping Americans' eating habits. The diversity of food habits and rituals is considered from a psychological perspective. Explored are questions such as 'Why does the working class prefer sweet drinks over bitter?', 'Why do the affluent tend to roast their potatoes?', and 'What is so comforting about macaroni and cheese anyway?'

The many contradictions of Americans' relationships with food are identified: food is both a primal source of sensual pleasure and a major cultural anxiety; Americans adore celebrity chefs, but no one cooks at home anymore; the gourmet health food industry is soaring, yet a longtime love affair with fast food endures. The future of food is also covered, including speculation about whether traditional meals will one day evolve into the mere popping of a nutrition capsule.

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5 hours and 24 minutes
Author

Leon Rappoport
Narrator

Walter Dixon
Audible release date

December 11, 2012
Language

English
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Audible Studios
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B00AML949U
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	5 hours and 24 minutes
Author	Leon Rappoport
Narrator	Walter Dixon
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	December 11, 2012
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00AML949U
Best Sellers Rank	#278,409 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #283 in Agricultural & Food Sciences #298 in Gastronomy (Audible Books & Originals) #657 in Social Psychology

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S. Riley

Very good book, just missing a few better developed ideas***

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2010

i just finished this book in one day and really enjoyed it. i'd say 4.4 stars...the author mentions a few times (seemingly randomly) in this book the term 'marxism' or 'as a marxist would say...' which is ok but he didn't develop the idea as well as he could have to show the relevance of his point...

the title itself is accurate in that the author addresses very well all the aspects of food in our habits, culture, perspective, history etc of food. it's hard to find good books on 'nutritional anthropology' (a narrow topic) but this does a good job.

if you're a foodie especially, or even if you're into anthropology or psychology in general, you'll like this book.

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Dylan Gordon

Interesting, but not terribly original or detailed.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2005

This is a fun little volume, written by a psychologist who clearly loves food. Rappoport hits many of the high points in academic research on the subject, from an interdisciplinary perspective. He writes clearly and with an up-beat, entertaining style. As another review mentioned, this would be a good book for a holiday at the beach; and if you're interested in a quick, light read on food, or a nice gloss on the subject of food from academic perspectives, this is a decent choice.

Unfortunately there is not much else to recommend, as the work is mostly derivative. Apparently our author has read Counihan and Van Esterik's _Food and Culture_ reader; a lot of what he mentions comes from essays they included there. Rappoport's summaries of these and other works and thinkers are somewhat lacking in detail and finesse: occasionally he's even downright wrong. He tends to present his findings as bald-faced assertions, lacking nuance, and doesn't provide any particularly interesting or insightful information that hasn't been said, many times before, elsewhere.

A decent read but lacking in detail and originality. On the whole one gets the impression that the author has undertaken a somewhat limited survey of part of the literature in the domain under consideration, and quickly written a book on the results, without the intervention of considered thought in between. A reasonable effort, but with nothing new to report. Not recommended.

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Lanny West

My team loves this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2013

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Bought a copy for the 10 people on my health and nutrition team as a gift and they loved it.

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J. de Berchoux

Mildly interesting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2009

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Rappoport's "How We Eat" does describe many ways of considering and consuming food, however the sum of these descriptions and random narratives and quotations adds to very little. Interesting, sometimes amusing, rarely useful.

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Irma

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2015

I liked the book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 15, 2021

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I bought this book new and then found someone’s name card in the middle with hotel he was staying at.
Realized it’s used. Gross

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Dr. Tim Lowenstein

A Feast for the Mind

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 1, 2005

An excellent read for anyone who eats food. You will gain a greater understanding of the complex relationship you have with food. The author has a wide background and has done extensive work in many fields. But hey, this is not a dry read. Wise humor peppers the pages making this book deliciously entertaining, insightful and helpful. I devoured it and would recommend it for gift giving, your summer vacation or weekend at the beach.

Dr Tim

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Amazon Customer

Very nice, just not my thing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2006

In this book, Leon Rappoport does an excellent job in introducing interesting insights into the "why" of food. His arguments are well organized and thought provoking. My interest on this subject is next to none so I personally didn't enjoy the book much, but for those interested in food and the psychology behind it, this is a great read.

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Paige

a lot of common sense

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 3, 2014

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Not much new to learn here. We know we're fat, and corporations fuel this with fast food adverts. I guess I was expecting more about psychology.

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