Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Contributors xiii
5. Chapter one The importance of food and feasting around the world 1
6. Section I The main course
7. Chapter two Boiled eggs with chicks inside, or what commensality means 21
8. Chapter three A rat by any other name 43
9. Chapter four The delicacy of raising and eating guinea pig 59
10. Chapter five Termites tell the tale 79
11. Section II Side dishes and accompaniments
12. Chapter six Ode to a chuño 101
13. Chapter seven Durian 127
14. Chapter eight Msg and sugar 145
15. Section III Table manners and other rules to eat by
16. Chapter nine Eating incorrectly in japan 167
17. Chapter ten No heads, no feet, no monkeys, no dogs 181
18. Chapter eleven Buona forchetta 191
19. Chapter twelve “No thanks, I don’t eat meat” 203
20. Chapter thirteen Eating with the blackfeet 223
21. Section IV Beverages
22. Chapter fourteen Drinking ethiopia 243
23. Chapter fifteen You are what you drink in honduras 263
24. Section V The last course
25. Epilogue Edibles and ethnic boundaries, globalization and guinea pigs 277
26. Index 281