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Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector (Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism) [Paperback]

Donald Sloan (Author)

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December 18, 2003 0750657677 978-0750657679 1
Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector looks at the factors that influence our culinary tastes and dining behaviour, illustrating how they can translate into successful business in industry.

With a foreword from Prue Leith, restaurateur, author, teacher, and prolific cookery writer and novelist, and a list of well-known and respected international contributors from the UK, France, Australia and Hong Kong, this text discusses the issues involved from a multitude of angles.

* Provides wide-ranging insight into the nature of culinary taste as expressed in commercial restaurant settings
* Evaluates the influence on culinary taste of a variety of factors such as: social class, gender, health awareness, marketing and geography
* Considers the importance of understanding these issues for business management and for success in the hospitality industry today

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"This fascinating text provides an insight into our food choices and our dining behaviour. It is an excellent read for those like me who work in the restaurant sector, or for anyone with a passion for food and wine. I warmly recommend it."

Raymond Blanc

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Provides wide-ranging insights into the nature of culinary taste

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This chapter examines the argument that taste is socially constructed and that the food tastes we have and the choices we make about what to eat are determined by social factors. Read the first page
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nouveaux cuisiniers, cultural omnivorousness, restaurant provision, purchase attributes, meal experience, culinary taste, velle cuisine, fast food sector, ethnic quarters, consumer purchase decisions, meal occasions, restaurant sector, purchase criteria, wine consumption, food consumption patterns, restaurant concepts
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sage Publications, Mintel International Group Ltd, New York, New World, Noodle Boy, Prentice Hall, Basil Blackwell, Edinburgh University Press, The Sociology of the Meal, Cambridge University Press, Consuming Geographies, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Mintel Publications, Pierre Bourdieu, University of California Press, Antonin Carême, Critical Essays, Guide Hachette, Manchester University Press, Oxford University Press, The Service Industries
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