This 1987 volume brought together for the first time a range of essays on the anthropology of food in Oceania and Southeast Asia.

List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Introduction: the anthropology of food in Oceania and Southeast Asia Lenore Manderson; Part I. The Context of Diet: 1. Men, women, work, and group nutrition in a New guinea Mountain Ok society David Hyndman; 1. 'Land of milk and honey': the changing meaning of food to an Australian Aboriginal community Janice Reid; 3. Dietary change among Cook Islanders in New Zealand Thomas K. Fitzgerald; 4. Taro and timber: competing or complimentary ways to a food supply Nancy Pollock; Part II. Cultural Meaning and Perception: 5. 'The worst disease': the cultural definition of hunger in Kalauna Michael W. Young; 6. Food classification and restriction in Peninsular Malaysia: nature, culture, hot and cold? Lenore Manderson; 7. Classification of food from a Groote Eylandt Aboriginal point of view Julie Waddy; Part III. Infant Feeding Practice: 8. Infant feeding practice in Malaysia: the variables of choice Marianne Spiegel; 9. The children of Jyaka Enga: culture, diet, environment, and health in a Papua New Guinea Highland society, 1950-1960 Barry Shaw; 10. 'Australia's got the milk, we've got the problems': The Australian Dairy Corporation in Southeast Asia Kathy Robinson; Part IV. Research Method and Direction: 11. Dietary taboos in Java: myths, mysteries, and methodology Valerie J. Hull; 12. Social and nutritional context of 'ethnic foods': Malay examples Christine S. Wilson; 13. Human diets: a biological perspective Graham H. Pyke; Bibliography; Index.