We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind th

This edited collection explores how food language is political. The contributors examine the production of food language in conjunction with historical social m

The Political Language of Food addresses why the language used in the production, marketing, selling, and consumption of food is inherently political. Food lang

"The table constitutes a kind of tie between the bargainer and the bargained-with, and makes the diners more willing to receive certain impressions, to submit t

What's wrong with the US food system? Why is half the world starving while the other half battles obesity? Who decides our food issues, and why can't we do bett