Sociology of food is the study of food as it relates to the history, progression, and future development of society. This includes production, distribution, conflict, medical application, ritual, spiritual, and cultural applications, environmental and labor issues.
5 A Day - acceptable daily intake - aggregate nutrient density index - ageusia - animal source foods - additives - aeroponics - agriculture - alcohol - alcoholic beverage control state - algaculture - Androphagi - antibiotic - antioxidant - appellation - Appellation d'origine contrôlée - apiculture - aphagia - appetite - aquaculture - asado
baker's dozen- baking- Banchan- barbecue- barbecue in the United States- beer- beer style- benzopyrene- berenklauw- beverage-can stove- biodiversity- blind-baking- birthday cake- bottom trawling- bottoms up- bottled water- braai- breadbox- broasting- broiling- bulgogi- bread- bushfood- bushmeat- bycatch
canning- cannibalism- carbohydrate- carry over cooking- cart noodle- catch and release- casu marzu- cereal- cha chaan teng- charbroil- Churchkhela- comfort food- Common Agricultural Policy- Common Fisheries Policy- control of fire by early humans- conveyor belt sushi- convenience food- cooking- cookware and bakeware- cretan diet- curing- culinary- curry- catering
dai pai dong- deep frying- Denominazione di origine controllata- diabetes- diet- dietary fiber- dietary supplement- dieting- digestion- dim sum- distilled beverage- drying- dysgeusia
eating- eating disorders- enzyme- entomophagy- environmental vegetarianism- essential nutrient- ethics- exercise
- factory ship- famine- FARMA- farmers' market- fast food- fasting- fat- fat acceptance movement- finger bowl- fishing- food allergy- food bank- food chain- food consumption by class- food contaminants- food delivery- food energy- Food for Peace- food fortification- food guide pyramid- food irradiation- food labeling regulations (U.K., E.U.)- food loss and waste - food microbiology- food policy- food politics- food porn- food price crisis- food processing- food safety- food security- foodservice - food sovereignty- food technology- food vs fuel - foodways- foraging- FreeRice- Free The Hops- fresherized- from scratch- fruitarianism- functional food-
galbi- game- Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust- Gas Mark- gastronomy- geographical indication- Geographical indications and traditional specialities (EU)- geoponic- glycemic index- Gourmet Museum and Library- Green Revolution- grilling- grocery store
healthy eating pyramid- health claims on food labels- Hechsher- Hechsher Tzedek- high altitude cooking- High-Level Conference on World Food Security- home canning- hot salt frying- hot sand frying- hunger- hunter-gatherer- hunting- hydroponics
ikizukuri- inedia- indigenous Australian food groups- International English food terms
Kansas City-style barbecue- Kashrut- ketogenic diet- kitchen stove- Korean barbecue
leftovers- liqueur- local food- lou mei
main course- mariculture- marination- Marine Protected Area- mastication- maximum sustainable yield- meal- meat analogue-(metabolic foods)- mushroom hunting- mineral- MyPyramid
Nasi liwet - nutraceutical - nutrition - Nyotaimori
obesity- Odori ebi- oenology- oenophilia- Okazu- Opson- Opsophagos- OREC- overfishingonline food ordering
parbaking- pasteurization- persistence hunting- pescetarianism- placentophagy- preservation- pickling- pink slime- portable stove- prebiotic- preservatives- pressure cooking- pressure frying- probiotic- protein
Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions
rocket stove-rotisserie-root vegetable
sannakji - sashimi - sautéing - savoury (small dish) - seasoning - shark finning - siu mei - Slow Food - soup - soy - spice - starvation - surimi - sushi - sustainability - sustainable food system
taste - tea culture - teppanyaki - teriyaki - terroir - trans fat - trophic dynamics - tropical agriculture - tureen
umami - underweight - unsaturated fat - urban agriculture - USDA National Nutrient Database
veganism - vegetarianism - vertical farming - vitamin - vitamin c megadosage - viticulture
water - wedding cake - weight cutting - weight loss - whole grain stamp - wildlife - wine - world food day - world food prize - world food programme
yakiniku - yakisoba - yakitori - ye wei - yum cha - yo-yo effect
| Ancient Egyptian cuisine | Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies | History of chocolate | History of salt |
Alban wine-Ancient Greece and wine-Ancient Rome and wine-Ancient Rome and wine-Caecuban wine-Chian wine-Coan wine-Conditum Paradoxum-Cretan wine-Falernian wine-Great French Wine Blight
Fumarium-History of wine-History of American wine-History of Bordeaux wine-History of California wine-History of French wine-History of Oregon wine production-History of Rioja wine
Hypocras-Lesbian wine-Marriage at Cana-Passum-Persian wine-Police des Vins-Retsina-Shedeh-Shirazi wine-Vino Greco
List of basic cooking topics-List of food companies
Foods containing tyramine-List of food additives-List of food additives, Codex Alimentarius-List of unrefined sweeteners
apple-basil-capsicum-mango-pear-strawberry
Culinary Fruits-Vegetables-Culinary Herbs and Spices-Grape Varieties
Culinary Nuts-Edible Seeds-Edible Flowers-Edible Leaves
List of soups-List of raw fish dishes-List of sushi and sashimi ingredients
Main list
American cheese - British cheese - Dutch cheese - French cheese - Italian cheese - Irish cheese - Cheeses of Switzerland
Greek PDO cheeses - Italian PDO cheese
Glossary of wine terms-List of alcoholic beverages-List of liqueurs-List of non-alcoholic cocktails-List of soft drinks by country
List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée liqueurs and spirits-List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée wines
List of Italian DOC wines-List of Italian DOCG wines-List of Italian IGT wines
List of beer styles-List of commercial brands of beer
List of co-operative federations-List of cuisines-List of diets-List of famines
List of food preparation utensils-List of Japanese cooking utensils
List of geographical designations for spirit drinks in the European Union
Fishing-Meat Production-Pesticides
Cooking weights and measures-Gastronorm sizes-Zadoks scale
Alcohol laws of the United States by state
"The Big Eight" food Allergies
Glossary of terms associated with diabetes
List of countries by alcohol consumption
Population dynamics of fisheries
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Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Cereals & Grains Association
Food and Agriculture Organization - (United Nations)
International Food Policy Research Institute
International Fund for Agricultural Development