Casseroles, amour et crises

Synopsis of Casseroles, amour et crises

In this rich and highly entertaining book, the French sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann takes us into kitchens and dining rooms to decipher the meaning of food, cooking, and eating in the lives of families and couples. He explores how the dining table acts as a family's little theater, where the ordinary acts of preparing and consuming food reveal the true state of our conjugal and parental relationships, ultimately forging or breaking social bonds.