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Article: Culinary Tourism
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- Journal of American Folklore
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Culinary Tourism. Ed. Lucy M. Long. (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2004. Pp. ix + 306, foreword, introduction, contributors, index.)
Culinary Tourism is a welcome and provocative addition to the literature on foodways and tourism. An anthology of essays by food scholars from different disciplines about a multifaceted subject, it treats food as both a destination and a means for tourism. Although the body of literature on tourism is large, scholars have for the most part ignored the culinary aspect of travel. Exploring uncharted territory, Culinary Tourism contributes new models for research and suggests contexts for its study. However, the publication's sweeping inclusion of what ...