July 9, 1999

More Scholars Focus on Historical, Social, and Cultural Meanings of Food, but Some Critics Say It's Scholarship-LiteSelected Books in Food Studies

By JENNIFER K. RUARK

On a recent Friday afternoon at Rube's, "The Rice Maven's Haven" in the St. Lawrence Market here, yuppies toting cell phones scooped up wehani brown for $4 a pound, black Japonica for $2.95, and fragrant pecan rice for $4.95.

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