Chapter Excerpt: Exoticizing the Familiar, Domesticating the Foreign

Ethnic Food Restaurants in Korea

Written by Sangmee Bak

Excerpted from RE-ORIENTING CUISINE: East Asian Foodways in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Kwang Ok Kim


A food connoisseur whose job allows him to travel abroad frequently, Mr. Lee telephoned an Indian restaurant near a university in Seoul to make a reservation for dinner with a group of colleagues.

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World Food Day

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October 16th is World Food Day, a day of action against hunger. This day is an opportunity to come together and put an end to hunger by learning and educating about food, farming and nutrition. Join the global movement to end hunger! For more information on events, themes, or how you can make a different please visit Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

With this in mind we present a selection of relevant titles, and offer a 25% discount on all our Food and Nutrition books. At checkout, simply enter the code WFD18, valid though November 16th, 2018.

 

 

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World Food Day #WFD2014

World Food Day is a day of action against hunger. On October 16th people around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate hunger by starting a conversation, learning and educating about food, farming, and hunger. This World Food Day celebrates family farmers for growing our food and caring for the earth. #Toast a Farmer!

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Berghahn is delighted to present some of its relevant titles:

 

FOOD IN ZONES OF CONFLICT
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Edited by Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth
Foreword by Hugo Slim

Volume 8, Anthropology of Food & Nutrition

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