Fresh is Best? Social Position, Cooking, and Vegetable Consumption in France

Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 172-190

  Plessz, Marie ^a   Gojard, Séverine ^a  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

Author keywords

cooking; distinction; food consumption; social stratification; theories of practice; time; vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922704900     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038514521715     Document Type: Article

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