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This is a short introduction to a later section of the book identified below.
The glasses have been chosen as the symbol. The idea of clinking glasses with a stranger does not seem strange at a western society wedding. There is a routine to follow at strategic moments within various social situations and this is no different at commemorative meal occasions.
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Anyone outside the situation who finds this strange may conclude that the people observed are from a different social system.
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Gastronomy is life.
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Defining Gastronomy - People Aspects
Gastronomy is life!
The couple as the unit in western society
Or two people sitting near each other at a wedding?
Links
"Defining Gastronomy" - from “Gastronomy” published in 1982 – out of print. Author – Alan Harrison.
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http://www.gastronomy.org.uk/
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and follow the "Pubs" [publications] link.
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Page numbers precede direct quotations. The letters will be used as referral points later and elsewhere. Comment in green text has been made by the author in 2008. If other comments arrive, they will be added in red text.
This page follows from
Defining Gastronomy - Food Aspects
which concluded with
"One man’s meat is another man’s poison."
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PEOPLE GASTRONOMY
If people can disagree in their enjoyment of food, they will surely disagree over the following:
a) What I like to eat
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b) What my family likes to eat
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c) What I consider my friends like to eat
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d) What those in my locality like to eat
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e) What those in this part of my country like to eat
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f) What those in my country like to eat
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g) What those abroad like to eat
The next topic is the "The Study of Gastronomy " (use the link above on the left).
The "People" aspects identified here are a prelude to subsequent treatment in the book which is to be added later. It is hoped that an etext of the entire book can be published.
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