Gospel of Food

<p>For many Americans eating is a religion. We worship at the temples of celebrity chefs. We raise our children to believe that certain foods are good and others are bad. We believe that if we eat the right foods we will live longer and if we eat in the right places we will raise our social status. Yet what we believe to be true about food is in fact quite contradictory.</p><p>Part exposé part social commentary <em>The Gospel of Food</em> is a rallying cry to abandon the fads and fallacies in favor of calmer more pleasurable eating. By interviewing chefs food chemists nutritionists and restaurant critics about the way we eat sociologist Barry Glassner helps us recognize the myths half-truths and guilt trips they promulgate and liberates us for greater joy at the table. </p>