foodway

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English

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Etymology

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From food +‎ way; in the sense of "alimentary canal", by extension from airway.

Noun

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foodway (plural foodways)

  1. (anatomy) The alimentary canal.
  2. (sociology, chiefly in the plural) The food traditions or customs of a group of people, including their culinary and nutritional practices and related social aspects.
    Coordinate term: speechway

References

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  • Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1983), The Raw and the Cooked: Mythologiques - Volume 1, Paperback Reprint Edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Foodways, in New Georgia Encyclopedia.
  • Foodways of Austin
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