Gourmet. Culture of food and food as a culture

John Covini explores" food as: ... what makes a person a man, as identity, as a politician, as an industry, as regulation, as an environment, and as justice. He analyzes how food helps us understand what it means to be a person. Through food, we construct our social identity, our families and communities. But in this laconic book, the author also emphasizes the tension between the industrialization of food, the environment and a fair (or not) distribution of food on a global scale.
The book is intended for both students and a wide range of readers - for everyone who is captured by food. The author questions the idea that food is just something inert on a plate. It shows how influential, symbolic and powerful the food has become, and with what potential of transformation