By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today this collection considers the ways in which food habits are changing and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health risk influence people's food choices.
The articles explore, among other issues:
the family meal
wedding cakes
nostalgia and the invention of tradition
the rise of vegetarianism
the recent BSE crisis
the `creolization' of British food eating out
creation of individual identity through lifestyle.
The contributors include Hanna Bradby, Simon Charsley, Allison James, Anne Keane, Lydia Martens and Alan Warde.
The articles explore, among other issues:
the family meal
wedding cakes
nostalgia and the invention of tradition
the rise of vegetarianism
the recent BSE crisis
the `creolization' of British food eating out
creation of individual identity through lifestyle.
The contributors include Hanna Bradby, Simon Charsley, Allison James, Anne Keane, Lydia Martens and Alan Warde.







