The collective monograph «Sociology of Nutrition: Traditions and Transformations» is reviewed under the general editorship of N. N. Zarubina and S. A. Kravchenko. The work raises relevant and socially significant problems and prospects for the development of an interesting sociological trend – the sociology of nutrition. In the system of the consumer society, food industry has recently undergone significant transformations associated with risks, vulnerabilities, and new public expectations. The authors of the collective monograph cover a specific sphere of social relations as a cohesive whole, considering a bunch of traditional and alternative social nutrition practices, taking into account the Russian specifics. The monograph notes the resource nature of the «food addiction» of modern society in the socio-economic, political (global), as well as informational and communicative aspects of the development of modern society. Nutrition, being an integral part of the system of social relations, is subject to modern challenges and vulnerabilities of our world. Finally, the authors offer some perspective «menu» for the development of nutrition practices in modern Russia.