Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction rituals. "Interaction Ritual Chains" is a major work of sociological theory that attempts to develop a "radical microsociology." It proposes that successful rituals create...(展开全部)

迈可·麦斯特森（Michael Masterson）是一位成功的企业家，他经营过的企业涉及多个行业领域，零售、批发、广告等等，四十年的创业努力让他拥有过亿的资产。同时，他还是一位成功学家。多年来他一直在为别人讲课，传授创业、投资、理财等

This book is an ideal teaching manual for high school agriscience and consumer science programs, as well as for post-secondary food science courses. It is an excellent overview for anyone interested in attaining a basic understanding of food science.

About one-third of all food grown for human consumption is lost or discarded every year, despite financial, environmental, and ethical reasons not to waste food. We grow enough food to adequately feed everyone on the planet, yet hundreds of millions of people suffer from hunger, malnutrition, or food insecurity. Together, this food waste accounts for about eight percent of the ...(展开全部)

《食物革命》作者是全球素食先驱。继畅销书《新世纪饮食》后作者又推出畅销全球的巅峰之作！本书提倡的饮食之道能够拯救我们和我们的地球！他倡导的素食理念被誉为本世纪人类最重要的成就之一。作者出身豪门，是全球最大的冰淇淋公司“美国三一”冰淇淋创办人的独子，却毅然放弃继承家族的庞大财富和殊荣，成为一名素食生活倡导者。

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the com...(展开全部)

扶霞·邓洛普 英国人，中文名叫邓扶霞。 成长在英国牛津，曾在剑桥大学学习英国文学，后再伦敦亚非学院中国研究专业取得硕士学位。1994年获得英国文化教育协会奖学金，在四川大学交流学习一年。之后在四川烹饪高等专科学校学习专业厨艺，成为该校第一位外国学生。 扶霞研究中国烹饪及中国饮食文化20余年，曾四次获得美食界“奥斯卡”詹姆斯·比尔德烹饪写作大奖。 她把自己对中国美食的热爱写成了书，著有《川菜》《鱼米之乡》《鱼翅与花椒》等。

哈洛德·马基，世界知名的食物化学和烹饪权威，先后在加州理工学院和耶鲁大学攻读物理学和英国文学。 《食物与厨艺》系列丛书于1984年首度出版，被《时代》杂志誉为“小巨作”； 2004年完成第二版修订，增补了2/3的内容，同年被国际专业厨师学会（IACP）及餐饮界权威詹姆士·比尔基金会（James Beard Foundation）评选为最佳食物类参考用书； 2005年，美国美食杂志Bon Appétit 推举哈洛德·马基为年度美食作家； 2008年，哈洛德·马基名列《时代》杂志的世界百大影响人物。 哈洛德·马基的其他著作包括The World Book Encyclopedia、Nature、Food&Wine、Fine Cooking。他目前还担任《纽约时报》的专栏作家。 哈洛德·马基的文章常见于《科学》期刊、《世界百科全书》《纽约时报》。 他在美国...(展开全部)

An essential update of Fuchsia Dunlop’s landmark book on Sichuan cuisine, with 200 recipes and stunning photographs. Almost twenty years after the publication of Land of Plenty, considered by many to be one of the greatest cookbooks of all time, Fuchsia Dunlop revisits the region where her own culinary journey began, adding more than 70 new recipes to the original repertoire an...(展开全部)