Food Culture In Southeast Asia

by Van Esterik, Penny

• ISBN13: 9780313344190
• ISBN10: 0313344191
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Southeast Asian cuisines, such as Thai, have become quite popular in the United States even though immigrant numbers are low. The food is appealing because it is tasty, attractive, and generally healthful, with plentiful vegetables, fish, noodles, and rice. Food Culture in Southeast Asia is a richly informative overview of the food and foodways of the mainland countries including Burma, Thailand, Lao, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Malaysia, and the island countries of Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Students and other readers will learn how diverse peoples from diverse geographies feed themselves and the value they place on eating as a material, social, and symbolic act.

Author Biography

Penny Van Esterik is Professor of Anthropology at York University.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Timeline	p. xxvii
Historical Overview	p. 1
Major Foods and Ingredients	p. 19
Cooking	p. 39
Typical Meals	p. 53
Eating Out	p. 79
Special Occasions	p. 95
Diet and Health	p. 111
Glossary	p. 127
Resource Guide	p. 131
Selected Bibliography	p. 135
Index	p. 139
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