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Foodways

In social science, foodways are the cultural, social, and economic practices relating to the production and consumption of food. Foodways often refers to the intersection of food in culture, traditions, and history.

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Foodways

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples78
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
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Foodways

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related to Regional aspects · 30
Foodways → Also, American Folklore Society, American South, An Interdisciplinary Study, Bowling Green State University, Colonial Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg's, Connecticut, Department, Digest, Food, For, Frank Clark, Historians, In, It, Michigan Foodways, Michigan's, Mississippi, New Englanders
related to overview · 17
Foodways → Agriculture, Bennett, Chicago, Harvey, Herbert Passin, In, John, Margaret Mead, National Research Council, Smith, The, The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Those, United States Department, University, With, World War II
related to Social science · 17
Foodways → According, American, Anthropologists, As, Furthermore, Harris, Joe Six Pack, Lyon, McLaughlin, Our, Since, Such, The, This, Topics, Trump, White House
related to Scholarly approaches · 12
Foodways → Because, By, Consumption Markets, Culture, Douglas Brownlie, Food, For, Francis, In, Paul Hewer, Suzanne Horne, Taylor

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food term social study practices consumption culture historical also cultural foods culinary research often habits university john studies world use

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fishinstance ofnutritious foods0.80text
seemed irrationalinstance ofnutritious foods0.80text
Foodwaysrelated to overviewThe Merriam-Webster Dictionary0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewThe0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewUniversity0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewChicago0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewJohn0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewBennett0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewHarvey0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewSmith0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewHerbert Passin0.60section
Foodwaysrelated to overviewIn0.60section

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