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In A Psychology of Food, Cooks, and Cooking, David Livert employs current psychological research and theory to provide insights into the ubiquitous human behavior of cooking. Topics include how cooking strengthens identities, cognitive processes involved in planning and preparing a meal, emotions while cooking, the influence of time in the kitchen, the personality of the cook, and future trends in domestic cooking and the commercial kitchen. Livert’s book fills a gap in the literature by highlighting current research on cooks and cooking in both the psychological and food studies disciplines. This book organizes and summarizes the large and diverse body of research and theory in psychology to better understand the act of preparing food and the people (cooks) who engage in this behavior. This volume uniquely applies psychological research and theory to both domestic and commercial kitchens. It takes advantage of Livert’s two decades of research and scholarship on the intersection of social psychology and food preparation. A Psychology of Food, Cooks, and Cooking complements the existing material on the psychology of food consumption. Further, it illustrates the important insights that major psychological theories and concepts add to our understanding of cooks and cooking.

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A psychological dissection of the essential human behavior of cooking is surprisingly novel. David Livert has done a wonderful job of now giving us an engaging, scholarly, and highly approachable and extremely useful analysis of what it means to cook and be a cook and how we interact with food.--Rachel Herz, author of Why You Eat What You Eat Drawing on his vast knowledge from many different areas of psychology, Professor Livert cleverly and clearly helps us understand the behavior of cooking, a human activity that is so essential to our health and well-being. Home cooks and chefs will both delight in the many insights he provides.--Alexandra W. Logue, The City University of New York

A psychological dissection of the essential human behavior of cooking is surprisingly novel. David Livert has done a wonderful job of now giving us an engaging, scholarly, and highly approachable and extremely useful analysis of what it means to cook and be a cook and how we interact with food. --Rachel Herz, author of Why You Eat What You Eat Drawing on his vast knowledge from many different areas of psychology, Professor Livert cleverly and clearly helps us understand the behavior of cooking, a human activity that is so essential to our health and well-being. Home cooks and chefs will both delight in the many insights he provides. --Alexandra W. Logue, The City University of New York This is an intriguing, beautifully written book about cooking. It's also a profound statement about what it is to be human--and much more besides. A must read. --Robin Burrow, Cardiff University What does it mean to cook? David Livert makes you think about your culinary practices and food decisions, and to consider how the essential behavior of cooking is anything but natural. --Willa Zhen, Culinary Institute of America

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David Livert is professor of psychology at Penn State University.

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