Eat like a Horse, Drink like a Fish
Author: Tom OConnor
Tom O'Connor is one of Britain's best-loved and funniest entertainers, and in this hilarious book he looks at the funnier side of eating, drinking, dieting, excercising, losing weight, gaining weight, cooking, shopping and all that goes with keeping ourselves alive and fit. Yes, our habits and foibles are unique... and Tom O'Connor celebrates every one in this highly entertaining look at what we all love most in life!
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Nostalgic Cooks: Another French Paradox
Author: Sylvie Anne Meriot
Why is it that French chefs tend to develop a syndrome of professional nostalgia? Educated to work in the most prestigious restaurants, they soon discover another reality in common foodservices and are viewed as having made an egotistical professional choice. Regardless of the improvement in their working conditions, their identity is distorted. This book describes foodservices as a whole, including international and inter-industry comparisons in the sociological field of gastronomical professionals, in an attempt to analyze their identities in different stages and diversities.
Table of Contents:
| I | Historiography of foodservices and the food industry : the history of cooking : a skill that originated in the home | 5 |
| II | A cook's place in today's foodservices industry | 43 |
| III | Professional identity : beyond the skills required | 83 |
| IV | Identity formation and personal paths | 101 |
| V | A conflicting secondary socialization | 181 |
| VI | The dominant identity of French cooks | 257 |
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