TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kittler,Pamela Goyan
AU  - Sucher, Kathryn P. 
AU  - Nelms, Marcia Nahikian.
TI  - Food and culture
SN  - 9781305628052 (pbk)
AV  - TX357 .K58 2016
U1  - 394.120973 K65 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts, USA : 
PB  - Cengage Learning, 
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - United States
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Food habits
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- 1. Food and Culture. What is food? -- What is culture? -- Cultural food habits -- Individual food habits -- Nutrition and food habits -- The American paradox -- 2. Traditional health beliefs and practices. Worldview -- What is health? -- Disease, illness, and sickness -- Pluralistic health care systems -- 3. Intercultural communication. The intercultural challenge -- Intercultural communication concepts -- Role of communication in health care -- Successful intercultural communication -- Intercultural nutrition education -- 4. Food and religion. Western religions -- Eastern religions -- 5. Native Americans. Cultural perspective -- Traditional food habits -- Contemporary food habits -- 6. Northern and Southern Europeans. Northern Europeans -- Southern Europeans -- 7. Central Europeans, people of the former Soviet Union, and Scandinavians. Central Europeans and the people of the FSU -- Scandinavians -- 8. Africans. Cultural perspective -- Worldview -- Traditional food habits -- Ingredients and common foods -- Meal composition and cycle -- Contemporary food habits in the United States -- Adaptations of food habits -- 9. Mexicans and Central Americans. Mexicans -- Central Americans -- 10. Caribbean Islanders and South Americans. Caribbean Islanders -- South Americans -- 11. East Asians. Chinese -- Japanese -- Koreans -- 12. Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders. Southeast Asians -- Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders -- 13. People of the Balkans and the Middle East. Cultural perspective -- Traditional food habits -- Contemporary food habits in the United States -- 14. South Asians. Cultural perspective -- Traditional food habits -- Contemporary food habits in the United States -- 15. Regional Americans. American regional food habits -- The Northeast -- The Midwest -- The South -- The West -- Glossary of ethnic ingredients -- Resources
N2  - FOOD AND CULTURE is the market-leading text for the cultural foods courses, providing current information on the health, culture, food, and nutrition habits of the most common ethnic and racial groups living in the United States. It is designed to help health professionals, chefs, and others in the food service industry learn to work effectively with members of different ethnic and religious groups in a culturally sensitive manner. The authors include comprehensive coverage of key ethnic, religious, and regional groups, including Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Mexicans and Central Amer.
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