Gastronomic Nostalgia: Salvadoran Immigrants' Cravings for Their Ideal Meal

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 374-393

  Stowers, Sharon L ^a  

^a Harford Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

child obesity; cravings; food deprivation and war; food habits; food symbolism; immigrants; nostalgia; Salvadorans

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; OBESITY; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EL SALVADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EL SALVADOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBESITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865057677     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.696008     Document Type: Article

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