Culinary taste : consumer behaviour in the international restaurant sector / edited by Donald Sloan. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, c2004. - xvii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

1 The social construction of taste --
2 The postmodern palate: dining out in the individualized era --
3 Taste and space: eating out in the city today --
4 Chic cuisine: the impact of fashion on food --
5 The shock of the new: a sociology of nouvelle cuisine --
6 Contemporary lifestyles: the case of wine --
7 Shaping culinary taste: the influence of commercial operators (We are what we eat, or what we are persuaded to eat?) --
8 Gender and culinary taste --
9 Developing a taste for health --
10 My most memorable meal ever! Hospitality as an emotional experience.

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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
GASTRONOMY
FOOD HABITS

TX 631 .C85 2004