Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Governance: Policies and Politics

1. Comparative Analysis of Legislative Approaches towards Street Food in South American Metropolis

Stefano R. Marras

2. Evolving Attitudes towards Public Space: Street Food Policies in Canada and the United States

Lenore Newman and Katherine Burnett

3. Towards Fair Street Food Governance in Dhaka. Moving from Exploitation and Eviction to Social Recognition and Support

Benjamin Etzold

4. The Taste of Precarity: Language, Legitimacy, and Legality among Mexican Street Food Vendors

Tiana Bakic Hayden

5. Street Food Markets in Amsterdam: Unraveling the Public-Private Paradox

Freek Janssens Part 2: Subsistence and Enterprise

6. Understanding the Food Truck Movement in Atlanta, Georgia

Alexandra Pill

7. Food Truck in the United States: Sustainability, Young Entrepreneurship and Urban Revitalization

Paolo Corvo

8. Street Food Vending in West African Cities: Potential and Challenges

Giorgia F. Nicolo and Mohamed Ag Bendech Part 3: Women on the Front Line

9. Violence and Sexual Vulnerability Among Northern Mozambican Female Street Food Vendors

Michele Companion

10. Corporeality in Culinary Practices of the Baiana de Acaraje

Lilian Miranda Magalhaes and Ligia Amparo da Silva Santos Part 4: Cultural Tastes

11. The Tastiest Food is in the Soi: The Politics of Flavor and Nostalgia in Bangkok

Bronwyn Isaacs

12. Characterization of Penang Street Food Culture

M. Shahrim Ab Karim and Nurhasmilalisa Abdul Halim Part 5: Food Safety and Nutrition

13. Analysis of Hygienic-Sanitary Conditions in Street Food Sales at Parque Nacional in Bogota DC

Luisa Fernanda Tobar and Gina Tatiana Barbosa

14. Street Food Consumers in Salvador-Bahia: Habits, Knowledge and Risk Perception

Ryzia de Cassia Vieira, Gizane Ribeiro de Santana and Talita Ferreira Dantas Guimaraes

15. Street Food Intervention Strategies: Best Practices and Proposals

Ryzia de Cassia Vieira Cardoso, Sandra Maria Chaves dos Santos and Edleuza Oliveira Silva

16. The Way Forward for Better Food Safety and Nutrition. An Online Discussion

Max Blanck, Renata Mirulla and Mauricio Rosales

About the Author

Ryzia De Cassia Vieira Cardoso is an Associate Professor at the School of Nutrition, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. Michele Companion is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA. Stefano Roberto Marras is a Sociologist and president of Street Food SQUARE, a non-profit organization based in Milan, Italy.

Reviews

"This book cites a UN report that 2.6 billion people eat street food daily, so these conditions are apparently met on many streets. In a collection of 15 studies, plus a final discussion, academics trained in sociology, nutrition, political science, business, and other disciplines produce a broad picture of the functions of street-food vendors around the world. Some vendors, especially in developing countries, provide both an important source of nutrition and employment opportunities in cities growing faster than their infrastructures can keep pace with. Other vendors offer prosperous consumers in richer countries an introduction to a variety of ethnic foods. An interesting look into an understudied industry. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." - CHOICE, J. M. Nowakowski, Muskingum University