Restaurant Cuisine, Fast Food and Ethnic Edibles: An Empirical Note on Household Meal Production

Robert Ekelund and John Keith Watson

Kyklos, 1991, vol. 44, issue 4, 613-627

Abstract: Americans are supposed to be much more wasteful of food and other goods than persons in poorer countries, and much more conscious of time: they keep track of it continuously, make (and keep) appointments for specific minutes, rush about more, cook steaks and chops rather than time‐consuming stews … Becker [1965, pp. 109‐110]

Date: 1991
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