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The Omnivore's Dilemma By Michael Pollan

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This week materials are mainly focusing on food. The readings are about how food, especially dinner, has an important role in the family, how the way we live affects the way we eat and the regional of our food. As in Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, he was explaining how corn is in all of our diets. How it moved from the farm to the feeding lot, to the food lab and into our food. Further analysis of food, and of the sources that describes the food we eat, suggests that it requires a lot of work in the agriculture farm before our ingredients can come together and that mealtime is a great time for a family bonding but the bonding varies with each family due to the different in every families’ culture. The readings got me thinking …show more content…

Even dinner would not be too special. Food in the USA by Carole Counihan state that cuisines are forgetting about the true taste of the food from the culture and focusing on making it available for consumers since most Americans eat out a lot, which increases the number of demand. Counihan says in the Food in the USA “when it comes to food, grasping our particularity as a nation requires us to get some sense of where our history differs from that of other countries…” (pg.34). For example, my family are from Thailand and our culture believe that spicy should be the main flavor in food because it is strong and that it is good for health. Which then lead to why most Thai foods tend to be spicy and very strong in flavor. It is the same thing as the other cultures such Chinese food, Japanese food and more with their own culture beliefs. In addition, The Intervention of the American Meal by Abigail Carroll gives an example of the American’s cultural tradition, Thanksgiving meal, as “their purpose is to enjoy this harvest meal together and, it being a time of war, to celebrate the country’s heritage of prosperity and freedom.” (pg.77). Thanksgiving is such a big part of American’s lives because it has been passed down from generation to generation as a day everybody gathers to have a meal together. This brings to the reason why dinner is so special compared to the other mealtime. According to Carroll, the reading is talking about families are adapting into new working schedules, social roles, eating patterns and dinner shifted. She says “…industrialized America, evening, the time when families came together after the day’s separation, became special. Logically, so did dinner.” (pg.76). Personally, my real meal is dinner time. In my family, dinner is a big part of our lives because I can relax and talk about what I have done in the day. Also, realistically, dinner is the best time of the day

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