The Lack Of Ethnic Food

In an article written by Amy S. Choi entitled, “What Americans can Learn From Other Food Cultures,” Choi discusses food in ways that pertain to ones culture. Today, our younger generation has become less thankful for simple, traditional foods and more wanting of foods prepared in less traditional ways, almost as if, “the more outlandish the better.” Choi mentioned in her article that, “those slightly younger have been the beneficiaries of the restaurant culture exploding in Shanghai” (Choi, Amy. “What Americans Can Learn From Other Food Cultures.” Ideastedcom. 18 Dec. 2014. Web. 17 June 2015) being from America I agree with her statement. Food in many cultures has become a status symbol; I believe that dining in expensive restaurants that serve

Paula J. Johnson, a curator at the National Museum of American History, says that foods such as wasabi, Sriracha, and hummus would have been considered “foreign foods” 50 years ago, but today they are common, everyday staples for many people across America. Ramanathan briefly states before this that the only constant in American foods is global influence and then goes on to say that it’s not uncommon in modern times for people to eat, for example, Thai food for lunch and then Italian for dinner. She writes that America has people from all backgrounds, cultures, and countries and their influences are present everywhere, especially the food. In America today, there are so many influences on our foods that using the term ethnic to describe them makes it sound foreign when the food is something people eat every

Indeed, Pollan’s views appear to be convincing since the different cultures in America offering a large variety of traditional food dishes causes a problem in food choices. As a consequence, Pollan mentioned, the mindset of American’s about, “what should we eat for dinner?” is caused by the food options in America being very diverse and not limited.

The McDonald’s in Beijing created these trends because they used the same menu as the American counterpart. This increased business and attracted customers because they felt more modern eating the so-called “American cuisine.” The McDonald’s in Beijing is most definitely considered an example of an American-inspired, transnational culture because the Chinese are intrigued with the western influence and this does change their culture because they are becoming more modern and opening up to outside influences. With a positive view from China, McDonald’s decided to expand even more.

The United States has long been known as a melting pot because most of its people are descended from immigrants. The immigrants come to USA for a better life so they leave their own country and decide to call it home. Most of the immigrants live in New York in this city, so we can see the variation in people and culture. Basically the immigrants leave their country but they don’t leave their culture. They want to maintain their culture and one of the way to maintain their culture is food. Not only that but also many people want to introduce their culture to other, that’s why they open restaurant. Sometimes people open a restaurant in a diverse area and they cook food combining the recipe of different countries so the place plays an important role for the people who are not even from that culture. From that, we can see that food can easily combine any culture without changing their own culture. When given the task to find a restaurant that has represents the connection between food and culture a restaurant that comes in my mind was Sagar Restaurant located in 169 street in Jamaica, Queens. Though Sagor restaurant is a Bangladeshi, Indian style Chinese restaurant, it represents the interaction between various groups of Asian immigrants through food and it also reminds Bangladeshi people about their country.

The diversity of food in our society today is comes from every corner of the world. Walking down the street a person may find a chinese restaurant here, and then a block over a italian dinner. Most of the food that are thought of being “American” are actually not American at all. “Common meals now include foods from Europe, Central America, Africa,

An immigrant brings multiculturalism. This is because culture diversity can be reconciled with national identities which contribute different ways of art, language, traditions and behaviours. This can be analysed in the following. First of all, immigrants are associated ethnic diversity and cosmopolitan in their eating habits. For instance, According to Liu and Jang (2009 , cited in Mazzolari & Neumark, 2012, pp. 1134,1135) data collected from chinese restaurants in midwestern us city ,the coustomer of Caucasian were 60.2% while, Asion were 32.0%. Furthermore,Indian restaurant in Minneapolis/St.Paul. the customer of white american were 75% and 12% of customer were South Asian (Josiam and Monteiro,2004, p. 1134). From this evidence, it can be seen that ethnic restaurants simply serve new immigration from corresponding ethnic group and also expand natives’ consumption choices. The locals of

The fast food culture of United States can be linked to the increasing industrialization of food1. This change

Many times the first thing that a person learns about a country is about the nation cuisine. From the connection of hamburgers and the United States, to the bond of pasta to Italy, each country seems to have particular food and cooking that they have become synonymous with. Often though it is overlooked how these nationalised dishes came to be in the first place. Examples can be seen when differentiating between the modern countries of The Republic of India, The United Mexican States, and the French Republic. For these states the foundation of a national cuisine has come from many different influences, from their role in colonization, their relationship between food and class, and to the integration of their regional foods within the nation’s

The United States is host to a variety of different cultures from around the globe. However, while many remain authentic to their foreign heritage evidence of cultural assimilation are everywhere. An example of this assimilation can be found at the eatery The Silk Road Restaurant; genuine Afghanistan cuisine. Where despite the authentic food and afghan inspired interior, still remains guilty of trading in many of the social norms that are customary when eating afghan cuisine. This cultural disconnect can also be seen in the restaurants cliental as their cultural connection varied greatly.

The changes in both menus of ethnic restaurants in America and American fast food in the other countries, will make huge trade in ethnic market. The ethnic cuisines such as Indian, Italian, and Chinese will not be popular in America without these changes. For instance, “given the cultural similarities between two countries and growing interest in ethnic, spicy, and vegetarian foods in the USA, it appears that there is tremendous potential for growth in the popularity of Indian cuisines in the USA” (Bharath and Prema 19). Which meant to be Flexible cultures such as India helps Indian cuisines become more popular in America which lead to make ethnic market lose the authenticity. For example, “In India there are 300 branch of Domino’s Pizza, and

Immigration in the U.S. has been greatly shaped by immigrant influence on culture and society. Immigration has had a huge influence on the American society, the first thing that comes to mind is the food. The United States has so many different kinds of foods because of immigration. As mentioned in The Influences of Immigrant Cultures on American Cuisine, “Primary among the influences has been the introduction of immigrant cultures into the “Great American Melting Pot” resulting in an eclectic cuisine unique in the world for its diversity and surprising homogeneity” (2011, 11) . All Immigration in the United States has been influenced by many cultures, for that it was called the “melting pot”. Today, the some scholars believe that the U.S’s population is more accurately described as a “salad bowl”. The term is changing because though the cultures in the U.S. are blended together, but the individual cultures are kept intact. Dr. Mahfouz

In the present time the African American culture changed quite a bit in being removed from where they as a people originated or should I say their homeland from whence they came. African American people are a people who are influenced tremendously from their fore fathers and mothers who lived in the southern part of the United States. The nomenclature for this group is to include African American, Black Americans or people of color. I prefer to use African American at this time since I am preferably writing about my own cultural background.

Unfortunately, immigration is a primary topic in the United States at this point in time. I was able to find a blog that explained how food diversity is presented throughout America. The blog began by asking what citizens thought American food was. The author then went on to say, “If you asked almost anyone, people would name foods such as hamburgers, hot dogs, meatloaf, roast beef, fried chicken, and the list goes on” (Srebecalopez). The author is correct because, these are the foods that America has been exposed to for many years. Americans are now able to experience food from many areas from around the world such as Central America and Europe (Srebecalopez). The author of this blog then went on to say, “Something that I find very interesting with the growth in ‘non-American’ food is the fact that many Americans love to brag about going to eat at exotic new places” (Srebecalopez). I found this to be true because my friends and I love to explore new places around the town and see what they have to offer. This is where immigrants come into play. While now Americans are finding interest in many different cultures through food, in the past, immigrants were expected to fully understand the way American society works (Srebecalopez). Americans primarily have immigrants to thank for setting up restaurants that allow them to try many different types of their countries’ foods

Summary Paragraph: One of the many issues that international students face is coping with American food. With food being linked to culture, international students must face one of the hardest tasks when coming to America, eating someone else’s culture while neglecting their own. In this research project, I will investigate how international students cope with eating American cuisine or what measures they take to avoid it.