The temporal dimension to Australia's culinary culture: implications for national food and labour market policies

Jane Dixon

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    Abstract

    Gastronomy in present times presents consumers with many choices. For young people, students in schools, that diversity of foods, cooking styles and means of access presents dilemmas. Where should they draw guidance from family, from peers, from the school, or from the media? Many of their choices are culturally embedded, as for religious abstentions, or vegetarians who may wish to avoid dairy as well as meat. New Zealand governments (and others, i.e. Canada) have expressed concern at what they consider excessive indulgence 1. They take measures of obesity as indicators of health risks. This paper examines how those concerns are being addressed, and their likely success
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Federation of Taste: Proceedings of the 18th Symposium of Australian Gastronomy (AGSYMP18)
    EditorsLenore Coltheart
    Place of PublicationAustralia
    Publishersymposium of Australian Gastronomy
    Pages17-25
    EditionTo Be Checked
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    EventSymposium of Australian Gastronomy: The Art and Science of Food and Drink (AGSYMP18) - Canberra , Australia
    Duration: 1 Jan 2011 → …
    http://www.gastronomers.net/category/symposium-archive/symposium-18/

    Conference

    ConferenceSymposium of Australian Gastronomy: The Art and Science of Food and Drink (AGSYMP18)
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Period1/01/11 → …
    OtherMay 13-16 2011
    Internet address

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