Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change

Taste is a complicated matter. Give a plate of Brussels sprouts to a heterogeneous group of people and you will receive a range of responses, from disgusting to delicious. What determines food preferences is subject to much scholarly research, which stresses the social context as an important elemen...

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Main Author: Livarda, Alexandra
Other Authors: Rudolph, K.C.
Format: Book Section
Published: Routledge 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50686/
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description Taste is a complicated matter. Give a plate of Brussels sprouts to a heterogeneous group of people and you will receive a range of responses, from disgusting to delicious. What determines food preferences is subject to much scholarly research, which stresses the social context as an important element in the development of tastes. Conditioned by the social environment, tastes are far from static. When one is faced, for instance, with new products, the choice to partly or fully integrate them into one’s diet, or conversely to ignore or reject them, can reflect cultural or social affinities, certain preconceptions, and in the longer term, the development of human relations as well as economic and political choices.
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spelling nottingham-506862020-05-04T19:56:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50686/ Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change Livarda, Alexandra Taste is a complicated matter. Give a plate of Brussels sprouts to a heterogeneous group of people and you will receive a range of responses, from disgusting to delicious. What determines food preferences is subject to much scholarly research, which stresses the social context as an important element in the development of tastes. Conditioned by the social environment, tastes are far from static. When one is faced, for instance, with new products, the choice to partly or fully integrate them into one’s diet, or conversely to ignore or reject them, can reflect cultural or social affinities, certain preconceptions, and in the longer term, the development of human relations as well as economic and political choices. Routledge Rudolph, K.C. 2017-08 Book Section PeerReviewed Livarda, Alexandra (2017) Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change. In: Taste and the ancient senses. Routledge, London, pp. 179-196.
spellingShingle Livarda, Alexandra
Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
title Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
title_full Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
title_fullStr Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
title_full_unstemmed Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
title_short Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
title_sort tastes in the roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50686/