1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462894003321

Autore

Baofu Peter

Titolo

The future of post-human culinary art [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new theory of ingredients and techniques / / by Peter Baofu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-4438-4484-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (612 p.)

Disciplina

641.501

Soggetti

Cooking

Home economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU; CONTENTS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE; CHAPTER 1; PART TWO; CHAPTER 2; PART THREE; CHAPTER 3; PART FOUR; CHAPTER 4; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Is culinary art really so exact that, as Delia Smith once wrote, ""cooking is an exact art and not some casual game""? (BQ 2012) This exact view of cooking can be contrasted with an opposing observation by Tom Jaine, when he argued that, ""if cooking becomes