The virtues of the table : how to eat and think by Baggini, Julian, author instant download

The virtues of the table : how to eat and think by Baggini, Julian, author instant download

301 pages ; 20 cm, How we eat, farm and shop is not only a matter of taste. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our relationship to nature, to our fellow animals, to each other and to ourselves. So can thinking about food teach us about being virtuous, and can what we eat help us to decide how to live? This book is a thought-provoking exploration of our values and vices, Originally published: 2014, Includes bibliographical references and index, PART I: Gathering. 1. Check it out ; 2. Be self-sufficient ; 3. Watch the time ; 4. Look beyond organic ; 5. Kill with care ; 6. Pay the price ; 7. Loosen your chains -- PART II: Preparing. 8. Tear up the recipes ; 9. Be inauthentic ; 10. Use the right kit ; 11. Don't be bored by routine ; 12. Add a generous pinch of salt -- PART III: Not Eating. 13. Resist the breakfast buffet ; 14. Lose weight ; 15. Keep weight off ; 16. Fast -- PART IV: Eating. 17. Say grace ; 18. Know more than what you like ; 19. Let the performance begin ; 20. Do lunch ; 21. Eat alone ; 22. Share the joy ; 23. Seize not the day