Transcript The Feast design template

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