Culinary taste : consumer behaviour in the international restaurant sector

Author

• Sloan, Donald-ed

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

New York: Routledge, 2016

Language

English

ISBN

0750657677, 9781138151598

Series

Hospitality, leisure and tourism series

Subject(s)

• CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
• FOOD HABITS
• GASTRONOMY
• RESTAURANTS MANAGEMENT

Notes

• First published 2004 by Butterworth_Heinemann

. . Index: p. 185-189

Abstract

Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector looks at the factors that influence our culinary tastes and dining behaviour, illustrating how they can translate into successful business in industry. With a foreword from Prue Leith, restaurateur, author, teacher, and prolific cookery writer and novelist, and a list of well-known and respected international contributors from the UK, France, Australia and Hong Kong, this text discusses the issues involved from a multitude of angles. * Provides wide-ranging insight into the nature of culinary taste as expressed in commercial restaurant settings * Evaluates the influence on culinary taste of a variety of factors such as: social class, gender, health awareness, marketing and geography * Considers the importance of understanding these issues for business management and for success in the hospitality industry today.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xvii, 189 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Foreword (Leith) --
Introduction (Sloan) --
The social construction of taste / Diane Seymour --
The postmodern palate: dining out in the individualized era / Donald Sloan --
Taste and space: eating out in the city today / David Bell --
Chic cuisine: the impact of fashion on food / Joanne Finkelstein --
The shock of the new: a sociology of nouvelle cuisine / Roy C. Wood --
Contemporary lifestyles: the case of wine / Marion Demossier --
Shaping culinary taste: the influence of commercial operators (we are what we eat, or what we are persuaded to ear?) / Maureen Brookes --
Gender and culinary taste / Roy C. Wood --
Developing a taste for health / David Fouillé --
My most memorable meal ever! Hospitality as an emotional experience / Conrad Lashley, Alison Morrison and Sandie Randall.

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