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""From Kosher Oreos to the gentrification of Mexican cusine, from the charismatic cook of Basque communities in Spain and the United States to the mainstreaming of southwestern foodways, Culinary Tourism maps a lively cultural and intellectual terrain.""—from the foreword by Barbara Kirshenblatt-GimblettCulinary Tourism is the first book to consider food as both a destination and a means for tourism. The book's contributors examine the many intersections of food, culture and tourism in public and commercial contexts, in private and domestic settings, and around the world. The contributors argue that the sensory experience of eating provides people with a unique means of communication. Editor Lucy Long contends that although the interest in experiencing ""otherness"" is strong within American society, total immersion into the unfamiliar is not always welcome. Thus spicy flavors of Latin Aermcia and the exotic ingredients of Asia have been mainstreamed for everyday consumption. Culinary Tourism explains how and why interest in foreign food is expanding tastes and leading to commercial profit in America, but the book also show how tourism combines personal experiences with cultural and social attitudes toward food and the circumstances for adventurous eating.

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  1. Cover
  2. pp. 1-3
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  1. Title
  2. p. 4
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. 8-9
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-19
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  1. Chapter 1. Culinary Tourism: A Folkloristic Perspective on Eating and Otherness
  2. pp. 20-50
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  1. Part 1. Culinary Tourism in Public and Commercial Contexts
  1. Chapter 2. Tasting an Imagined Thailand: Authenticity and Culinary Tourism in Thai Restaurants
  2. pp. 53-75
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  1. Chapter 3. From "Montezuma's Revenge" to "Mexican Truffles": Culinary Tourism across the Rio Grande
  2. pp. 76-96
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  1. Chapter 4. Flavors of Memory: Jewish Food as Culinary Tourism in Poland
  2. pp. 97-113
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  1. Chapter 5. Incorporating the Local Tourist at the Big Island Poke Festival
  2. pp. 114-127
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  1. Part 2. Culinary Tourism in Private and Domestic Contexts
  1. Chapter 6. "Of Course, in Guatemala, Bananas are Better": Exotic and Familiar Eating Experiences of Mormon Missionaries
  2. pp. 131-156
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  1. Chapter 7. Kashering the Melting Pot: Oreos, Sushi Restaurants, "Kosher Treif," and the Observant American Jew
  2. pp. 157-185
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  1. Chapter 8. Culinary Tourism among Basques and Basque Americans: Maintenance and Inventions
  2. pp. 186-207
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  1. Part 3. Culinary Tourism in Constructed and Emerging Contexts
  1. Chapter 9. From Culinary Other to Mainstream America: Meanings and Uses of Southwestern Cuisine
  2. pp. 209-225
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  1. Chapter 10. Rites of Intensification: Eating and Ethnicity in the Catskills
  2. pp. 226-244
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  1. Chapter 11. Pass the Tofu, Please: Asian Food for Aging Baby Boomers
  2. pp. 245-267
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  1. Chapter 12. Ethnic Heritage Food in Lindsborg, Kansas, and New Glarus, Wisconsin
  2. pp. 268-296
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 297-300
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 301-306
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