Indian Cuisine

Food brings community members together, builds on the existing bond between neighbors and family, and presents a understanding of a person's own heritage. In each area of the world, one will see food change into exoctic and diverse dishes of admiration, however, is the normal to the people of the foods origin. In “Ethnic Hash”, by Patricia J. Williams, she details how food can be changed ever so slightly through the use of seasonings, preparation style, and become a essential part of a culture. She comments, “Throw in as many spices and mysterious roots as you can lay your hands on” (Williams 12). Having a valid understanding of the origins of different aspects of culture allows for altering and imputing personal characteristics for generations to

This paper will compare and contrast the different eating habits and examine the cultural dining of West Africa to East Africa. Africans like most of the world outside of American and London aren’t fanatical on fast food even though it is becoming more popular most people eat at home or at relatives or friends home. Even Africans living outside of Africa love to cook rather than dine out in most cases. This report was based on interviews from Africans who grew up in traditional African homes in Africa. All references have been crossed checked and stories verified on how most African dishes are prepared, and their history. More research was done by the books listed, as well as other references such as internet sites. Most of this data has

Food can partially shape a person's cultural identity. Geeta Kothari explores the cultural nuances between American and Indian food in the essay, “If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?” She expresses this through the symbolism of food, growing up and living between two different cultures. Kothari begins her story as a nine-year-old child curiously wanting to eat the same foods as American children: tuna salad sandwiches and hot dogs. She does not have the guidance from her mother regarding American food and culture. Kothari’s mom curbs the curiosity by reluctantly letting her daughter indulge in a can of tuna fish. Kothari describes the open can of tuna fish as “pink and shiny, like an internal organ” and she wondered if it was botulism (947). The way

In Jessica Harris’s “The Culinary Season of my Childhood” she peels away at the layers of how food and a food based atmosphere affected her life in a positive way. Food to her represented an extension of culture along with gatherings of family which built the basis for her cultural identity throughout her life. Harris shares various anecdotes that exemplify how certain memories regarding food as well as the varied characteristics of her cultures’ cuisine left a lasting imprint on how she began to view food and continued to proceeding forward. she stats “My family, like many others long separated from the south, raised me in ways that continued their eating traditions, so now I can head south and sop biscuits in gravy, suck chewy bits of fat from a pigs foot spattered with hot sauce, and yes’m and no’m with the best of ‘em,.” (Pg. 109 Para). Similarly, since I am Jamaican, food remains something that holds high importance in my life due to how my family prepared, flavored, and built a food-based atmosphere. They extended the same traditions from their country of origin within the new society they were thrusted into. The impact of food and how it has factors to comfort, heal, and bring people together holds high relevance in how my self-identity was shaped regarding food.

As I added the finishing touches of friend onions and parsley to make it look aesthetically pleasing, I took a step back to stare at the masterpiece I had just created, a luscious and delectable Pakistani rice dish called “Briyani”. Making this dish is the epitome of success in every Pakistani girl’s lifetime. It’s considered an essential quality to add to one’s marriage “resume”. However, to me, it was more than just a future “in law pleaser”, it was my compass for life. A cook must be diligent and attentive to detail, conscious of every ingredient and amount that is being used. A cook is a provider, helping with the wellbeing of the people who are consuming the prepared food. The kitchen is their clinic, and the consumers are their patients. Nine years of cooking with my mother has taught me dedication, obedience, and tested my patience when some recipes would fail. Cooking, as a safe haven from the difficulties of everyday life, has helped me better connect to all my experiences throughout the years and has molded the foundation for my passion and calling, medicine.

In American culture, we typically center our food choices around american options such as burgers, fries, chicken fried steaks, and chicken tenders. However, I decided to seek out a food from a culture that differs than my American background. I sought out a restaurant that served and Indian cuisine and one that I wouldn’t usually try. I decided Indian for the reason that I love spice in food and the spice that the Indian culture uses in their food should really compliment the food. The restaurant that I found was called Taco Naan, which combines cultures and serves food that cater to Mexican and Indian cultures.

People may have different views about foods depending on their cultural background. Providing range of familiar foods can help make individual feel at home, safe and welcomed.

At the beginning of my exploration of this country I was made to taste all kinds of food available here. Though there were limited choices as I am a vegetarian but still I tried every food which was considered delicacies here. Among those were ‘PIZZAS’. Not that I had not had pizza in India but they had an Indian flavor. But when I took the first what is so appealing about this piece of dough with just a citrus sauce for flavor and a lump of cheese to make it tempting. It did not excite my ‘INDIAN TASTE BUDS’ which was accustomed to have different flavors in just one bite of food whether it be sweet, salty, bitter, tangy, spicy. It was not a delicacy for me; neither does it water my mouth since then.

Nowadays classical food and traditional food still exist. In a way of preserving cultural value, some people still use traditional cooking equipment, style even serving meal in a traditional way. Since the last decade, food production has evolved from supplier cook to more technological and modern cook

Fry bread cornbread turkey blueberry mush is all part of the cuisine of the native americans.

We formed a group as an academic project-Confront Culture-Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. The objective of this project is to demonstrate cultural foods and gain understanding in various cultures as a viewpoint from an Anthropologist. The examination of foods is not just about food. It is bringing together several methods of a culture such as rituals, traditions and purpose as it relates to foods. The type of foods chosen in different cultures provides Anthropologist background knowledge of a culture, changes over a period of time, characteristics and devotion of in relation to an individual or a group in society. Anthropology is the study and the relativity of human mankind. There are four important fields in Anthropology (MCDowell, 2007)

Nutrition is possibly the greatest significant constituent of Indian culture. Rich of the daily unchanging and tradition in Indian paths universally the ritualistic of making and eating food. In history, females widespread their way to the local marketplaces to fill their carrier with potatoes, berries, meat, and catfish. Once amassing them the women would return home to begin ever-ending the flourishes and flour to make additional cornflower tortillas for the evening mealtime. Mexican foodstuff is attractive in wash and flavor. The fruitfulness of their cooking comes from their concern for the sensory experience of eating. It is often said that cooking is philosophy”, and to appreciate the enlargement of Mexican food it is important to know about the history of

In Hindu thought, even the most seemingly mundane of activities could have a deeper underlying meaning or purpose. The activities surrounding food, although certainly not unimportant as the consumption of food is necessary for the survival of humanity, are an example of a seemingly mundane and uncomplicated process that Hindu thought attributes a deeper meaning or purpose to. Not all Hindus will necessarily have the same identical perception of food as differing beliefs and backgrounds will undoubtedly lead to varying views across the numerous Hindu denominations such as the Ascetics, Brahman Householders, Tantric Shakti and the ISKCON. The ultimate goals sought by its devotees; and the beliefs that ultimately cascade from them, play a huge role in forging the religion’s approach in regards to food. The beliefs, thoughts and goals of a Hindu denomination play a substantial role in shaping how food is: produced, consumed, ritualized, and symbolically viewed.

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 India, fast food culture emerged in the decades after independence, starting from the 1950’s. Eating at home used to be a significant aspect of Indian culture, so the change was gradual. Over a period of time, with a growth in the number of nuclear families, economic growth and increasing per capita income as well as globalization, fast food culture gained prominence. Women were shifting from their conventional roles of managing the household and taking care of the children. With growth in