Looks good enough to eat: How food plating preferences differ across cultures and continents

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-49

  Zampollo, Francesca ^a   Wansink, Brian ^b   Kniffin, Kevin M ^b   Shimizu, Mitsuru ^b   Omori, Aki ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Yomiuri Shimbun   (Japan)

Author keywords

aesthetics; chefs; food plating; food preferences; presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856481968     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397111418428     Document Type: Article

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