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Diversity at the Table

Diversity at the Table. Chapter #2. Learning Targets. 5. Explain culture and its relationship to food. 6. Summarize influences on cuisines and customs. 7. Identify similarities in global cuisines. 8. Explain food customs today. 9. Describe food customs in the United States.

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Diversity at the Table

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  1. Diversity at the Table Chapter #2

  2. Learning Targets 5. Explain culture and its relationship to food. 6. Summarize influences on cuisines and customs. 7. Identify similarities in global cuisines. 8. Explain food customs today. 9. Describe food customs in the United States

  3. Cultural Influences • Culture depends on a population’s ability to learn and transmit new knowledge to succeeding generations. • Culture: • A mixture of the customary beliefs, material traits, and social form of a group of people. • Food affects culture, and culture affects food. • Cultural influences in the United States are many and varied. They began with the first explorers and the American Indians.

  4. The Explorers and the Native Americans • As civilizations grew and developed, people began searching for food in distant places. • The explorers introduced foods they carried with them in the new lands to which they traveled. • When explorers reached North America, they found new foods that made up the diets of the Native Americans who lived there and included: maize, beans, potatoes, squash, pumpkins, tomatoes, chili peppers, and peanuts. • The Native Americans introduced many of these foods to the early colonists. • Many of the foods eaten in North America today have Native American origins.

  5. The Colonists and the Immigrants • The English and Spanish were the first permanent colonists in the United States and they established the first settlements. • During the 1800’s, Germans, Irish, and other northern European people immigrated to the United States. • New settlers brought with them foods which were native to their homelands. • These new Americans tended to settle together on the basis of nationality and as a result, many foods are typical of particular regions of the country.

  6. Religious Influences • Religion has influenced the food habits of many groups of people. • Some religions have certain customs regarding both food and eating: • Some foods have special symbolic meanings for members of certain religions. • Fasting has long been a religious custom. • Fasting: • Denying oneself of food. • Food was used as a sacrifice by some religious groups. • Early people also used food as part of their burial ceremonies.

  7. Bibliography • Kowtaluk, H. (2010). “Food for today.” Glencoe McGraw-Hill; New York.

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