Gillian Crowther recently retired from Capilano University after teaching anthropology for over twenty-five years.
""Now in a welcomed third edition, Gillian Crowther’s Eating Culture serves up a comprehensive, informative, and engrossing feast of information on the myriad ways food has shaped the human experience from the deep past to the present and uncertain future. A must for courses on the anthropology of food, Eating Culture can also serve as a superb introductory textbook for cultural anthropology in general."" -- John Barker, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of British Columbia ""Eating Culture provides a comprehensive overview of anthropology’s unique insights into the intersection of food and society, along with explanations of the methods anthropologists use to produce them. From defining food across time and place, to analyses of the role of foodways in structuring social life, Crowther’s text is full of details and tools that make this an ideal introduction to the study of food and culture."" -- David I. Beriss, Associate Dean and Professor of Anthropology, University of New Orleans ""Crowther presents a compelling and informative treatment of the rich cultural components of food and nourishment. Her book is a pleasure to read and to digest."" -- Stephen Wooten, Associate Professor of Global Studies, University of Oregon