Culinary Taste

by Donald Sloan, Prue Leith

Overview

Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector looks at the factors that influence our culinary tastes and dining behaviour, illustrating how they can translate into successful business in industry.

With a foreword from Prue Leith, restaurateur, author, teacher, and prolific cookery writer and novelist, and a list of well-known and respected international contributors from the UK, France, Australia and Hong Kong, this text discusses the issues involved from a multitude of angles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750657679
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/04/2003
Series:	Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Read an Excerpt

Includes foreward from Prue Leith

Table of Contents

Foreword (Leith); Introduction (Sloan); The social construction of taste (Seymour); The postmodern palate: dining out in the individualized era (Sloan); Taste and space: eating out in the city today (Bell); Chic cuisine: the impact of fashion on food (Finkelstein); The shock of the new: a sociology of nouvelle cuisine (Wood); Contemporary lifestyles: the case of wine (Demossier); Shaping culinary taste: the influence of commercial operators(Brookes); Gender and culinary taste (Wood); Developing a taste for health (Fouillé); My most memorable meal ever! Hospitality as an emotional experience (Lashley, Morrison, Randall); Index

Editorial Reviews

"This fascinating text provides an insight into our food choices and our dining behaviour. It is an excellent read for those like me who work in the restaurant sector, or for anyone with a passion for food and wine. I warmly recommend it."

Raymond Blanc

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