Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man for thousands of years not only as a substance he prized and was willing to labour… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
We use eating as a medium for social relationships: satisfaction of the most individual of needs becomes a means of creating community. — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Our perception that we have 'no time' is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture. — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to find or hunt or cultivate first of all; for most of human history we have spent a much longer portion of our lives worrying about food, and plotting, working, and fighting to obtain it, than… — Margaret Visser Copy Share
This is what is meant by "sacrifice", literally, the "making sacred" of an animal consumed for dinner. Yet sacrfice, because it dwells on the… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Food-what is chosen from the possibilities available, how it is presented, how it is eaten, with whom and when, and how much time is… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety,… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Animals are murdered to produce meat; vegetables are torn up, peeled, and chopped; most of what we eat is treated with fire; and chewing… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives. — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Eating is aggressive by nature, and the implements required for it could quickly become weapons; table manners are, most basically, a system of taboos… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
“Fast-food outlets are cultural institutions dedicated not only to dealing with mankind's compulsion to eat and drink regularly, but also to doing battle with… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
