Comparing Chinese Food Culture And Western Diet Culture

Food is closely related to people's lives and it is considered the most important element in Chinese culture. Chinese food is famous all over the world too. American Chinese cuisine differs significantly from the traditional Chinese cuisine and even though the variation in taste can be so it is still attractive to many people. When it comes to food, Chinese people always care about the color, taste, smell and shape of Chinese dishes. In 1784, a group of passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China and they were also the first group of people to eat Chinese food; it was the

After reading this article, I’ve realized that the idea of food, eating, and even the type of food is different when compared to different cultures. Specifically, the article talks about food as an identity, as survival, as a status, as a pleasure, as a community, and as humanity. For each of these main ideas, the article gives an example of each culture and what they do differently with food. One that I though was really cool was how in China, people would rather eat unique textured foods such as Jellyfish and pig ears, instead of something that has a unique taste. After reading this, I began to thinking that this was the complete opposite compared to the American culture. This is because we will usually eat foods for taste and when we eat

In his book, Pollan first sets the stage by delineating the eating habits changes in 1970s and 2000s. He then emphasizes the relationship between food and culture, and the contraction between French paradox and American paradox further illuminates his perspective. Pollan soon outlines the concept of omnivore’s dilemma as well as strengthens his viewpoint that American eating disorder is caused by lack of a stable cultural tradition. To more completely demonstrating his belief, he classifies the four meals into three principal food chains, the industrial, the organic, and the hunter-gather. At the end, he states this book is about the pleasures of knowing your own eating, and urges

Looking at the years of progression of food in china it started with Chinese imperial food originated around the Zhou Dynasty 11th century B.C. – 476 B.C. Although China’s dietetic culture developed and grew prior to the Zhou Dynasty, it truly flourished during the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties 1122 B.C. – 220. (www.china.org.cn/english/imperial/25995.) But when we look at the food today it has a mix of diversity of mix culture with the main ideas of the imperial dinning back in Zhou dynasty. We can look at food like curry which came from India and the Chinese culture took the spice and added to its food but also remembering the balance of sweet and sour and hot and spicy as well as tart. We can also look at the U.S.A and seeing the

Discuss the historical perspectives and belief systems of these cultures that influence the high-risk nutritional behaviors.

Ozeki’s review of the food cultures of America and Japan points out that people have the perceived superiority is because the meat consumerism culture of the society. People’s view is obviously through the outlook that a meat diet is healthier and more common in American’s high class. The revelation make about America’s food culture is evident from the ways it affected the Japanese food culture. The influence is evident from the abandonment of the traditional and past values associated with the Japanese food culture, as evident from characters such as Akiko and John. The symbol of the conversion is that the Japanese people have embraced the American food culture, due to its perceived superiority. According to Ozeki, the perceived superiority of the food culture of America result from the country’s economic and social prosperity, which has compelled Japan to adopt the food culture of America (Ozeki 435). The

While it is difficult to pinpoint the exact time human beings began to consume foods, for millions of years a diverse range of culinary patterns and convivial customs were cultivated. As the human dining habits evolve, food can be seen as a continuous reflection of the different cultures around the world. In fact, “food is perhaps the most distinctive expression of an ethnic group, a culture, or, in modern terms, a nation” (Flandrin, Montanari and Sonnenfeld 1999, p. xvi). The huge wave of globalisation in the past few decades made cultural exchange commonplace, however, indigenous dishes from an alien country may come as cultural shocks to people who are foreign to the certain culture. This essay intends to explain how Asian identity is expressed

In Ancient China, the people ate healthy. The Chinese ate a lot of vegetables but the variety was small. The vegetable range consisted of Cucumbers and Soybeans, and apparently, it’s been dated that they’ve been eating that since 1000 BC. The Soybean was an important grain for the Chinese. At one point in Chinese Food History, Wine was more popular than tea, the first wine that was introduced to them was Yellow Rice Wine, also known as Huangjiu. Huangjiu is a rice wine made from water and cereal grains like rice, millet, sorghum and wheat. This type of alcohol contained less than 20% of actual alcohol, and it was aged for as long as 20 years. (Wikipedia, n.d.) Chinese people also ate all kinds of meats from different animals, however, not all could afford it so they replaced it with tofu as a cheaper source of protein. Tofu is bean curd, it is rich in nutrients like calcium, iron, high protein and has little fat. It replaced meat for the poor Chinese since they didn’t eat meat regularly, only on special occasions. They made a law that would give every Chinese person a free cup of tofu every week, I did not find any evidence of this law but tofu was still important to the Chinese and their healthy diet Tea was also common in china, and it grew wild all over China and they had plenty of it, everyone drank tea,

1. The essay was talking about the huge different between Chinese’s food and American’s food and they are totally make different foods. Chinese don’t understand how the American people are cutting food with two hands and changing the fork from one hand to the other hand while they are eating food. This is new thing and amazing thing Chinese’s restaurant people are talking too much and crowded seating which is their culture.

This paper will discuss the multifaceted relationships among food, and culture. I will be looking at the relationships people have with food, and explore how this relationship reveals information about them. Their food choices of individuals and groups, can reveal their ideals, likes and dislikes. Food choices tell the stories of where people have travelled and who they have met along the way.

In this age of globalization, people are moving from their birth countries to other countries to improve their lives. In the case of the US, we have immigrants from almost any corner of the world thus leading to food diversity. While the diversity is a good thing, people often do not change their eating habits despite knowing that the lifestyle in their new home country is completely different from their previous country. In addition, they do not change food habits to preserve their culture and identity. However, if they do not modify their diet as per the new living conditions, they might

Eating food is essential for all of us, it keep us alive and also gives us enjoyment at the same time. Food can be defined as any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. (ilearn) In ancient time, when people feel hungry, they eat. However, as human history keep developing and evolving, we have a higher standard on choosing food that we like to eat nowadays. In this paper, we are going to evaluate factors that are influencing our food habits and food culture. Those factors can be divided into two main categories, internal factors (individual preference and values) and external factors (geographical, religion, social, economic and political).

Food is very much a part of pop culture, and the beliefs, practices, and trends in a culture affect its eating practices. Pop culture includes the ideas and objects generated by a society, including foods, and other systems, as well as the impact of these ideas and objects on society. For example, Mcdonald's is another of the thousands of fast food chains that populate our cities though they often use the term “popular culture” only to refer to media forms. Their popularity has also increased internationally. Although all humans need food to survive, people's food habits and how they obtain, prepare, and consume food, are the result of learned behaviors. Mcdonald’s, like other food chains, has made an effort to ‘localize’ its products so that they will be more successful in each different cultural context. These collective behaviors, as well as the values and attitudes they reflect, come to represent a group’s pop culture.

Western diets and lifestyle have become more and more popular in many countries all over the world, because western countries are more developed and people think western diets and lifestyle are healthy to people. It is a common knowledge that health includes three aspects: physical health, mental health, and social well-being health, not just without any disease. Western diets refer to the food as red meat, sugary desserts and drinks, high-fat foods and refined grains, etc. Western lifestyle is the lifestyle of low levels of exercise, more consumption of fast food, sedentary lifestyle, more online communication than face-to-face contact, smoking, drinking, etc. This essay

Chinese food consists the elements of color, aroma, taste, appearance, and meaning. Many places in China have its own aroma and Chinese foods are variety. It has its own distinguish flavor. As can be seen, my favorite food sweet and sour pork is one of the famous dish. The color is bright red-orange; when the customers look at it, it makes them want to eat it. The sweetness and sourness allow the customer have bigger appetite. The sourness tends to make people to eat more when they are hungry. Moreover, the fried rice, I would like to it everyday without getting bored with it. Many people around the world also know what fried rice is and there are different ways to make it with different ingredients and