All in the Family

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All in the Family

• Objective Describe how emotions, cultures,
  habits and family values affect food choices.

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Terms of Endearment

• Culture a set of customs, traditions and
  beliefs shared by a large group of people. While
  nations or locations can create a culture, so can
  religions, ages, income, and races.

• Cuisine refers to a cultures representative
  foods and the specific styles for preparing them.

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Cuisine to Culture Connection(Ethnic Foods)

• Italian?
• Oriental?
• Mexican?
• Greek?
• American?
• Southern?
• Eastern Shore?
• North East?
• Jews?
• Blacks?
• Rich?

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Terms of Endearment

• La Cuisine

• Fusion Cuisine

• A French word for kitchen

• A trendy term, first used in the 80s to refer
  to cooking that creates new recipes by blending
  different ethnic food traditions.

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Food Customs

• Some cultures have unique food practices or
  customs
• Chopsticks vs fork vs fingers
• Table manners
• Burping
• Lip smacking

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Why?Influences on Cuisine

• Geography controls climate which controls the
  availability of staple foods
• The most widely produced and eaten foods in an
  area
• Geography affects natural resources such as
  rivers, oceans, cooking fuels,etc.

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More Influences on Cuisine?

• Economics
• Many of our most creative dishes were the result
  of having to make due with limited ingredients
  (chicken noodle soup).
• Foreign Contacts
• Immigration
• Exploration

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Origin of a Sandwich

• In 11th century London, the Earl of Sandwich was
  hungry, but did not want to stop playing a card
  game to eat, so he ordered the meat placed
  between bread, so he could eat it with one hand.

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More Influences

• Religious Beliefs
• Hindus do not eat beef because they consider
  cattle to be sacred animals.
• Keeping Kosher in the Jewish faith requires
  that some foods be prepared in certain ways and
  that some foods be avoided altogether.
• Buddhism urges mindfulness about ones diet,
  which leads some followers to vegetarianism.
• Seventh Day Adventists often choose vegetarianism
  to express the value of simplicity and respect
  for the body.
• Many faiths practice fasting for a period of time.

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More Influences

• Technology

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Pride and Respect!

• Handing down food customs helps people maintain
  their sense of tradition and identity.
• Showing respect for the food customs of others is
  one way to show respect for people.
• Although cuisines and food customs developed
  independently in different cultures, similarities
  are noticeable.
• Pepperoni (Italian) lop chong (Chinese)
  chorizo (Spanish) kielbasa (Polish)

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Food Offers a Social Dimension

• Offering refreshment is a universal sign of
  hospitality.
• Food festivals bring people together.
• Every culture offers traditional foods for their
  celebrations.
• Food and beverages are used to mark an event as
  special.

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• With one or two partners select a topic.
• Use class resources to research
• (attach a list or a slide to show sources)
• and create a poster or power point to share.
• Topics
• Compare and contrast the wedding
• food customs of 2-3 cultures
• Describe the foods and special features
• of a cultural festival
• Compare and contrast the features of a
• food between cultures
• (example pepperoni)
• Be ready to report to the class in 45 minutes.

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Terms of Endearment

• The result of technology advancements in
  transportation, store, communications (satellite
  and Internet)
• Check out webcasts
• http//ifoods.tv/web/about-us.jsp

• Fusion Cuisine

• A trendy term, first used in the 80s to refer
  to cooking that creates new recipes by blending
  different ethnic food traditions.

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US - Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?

• Hummus a Middle Eastern dish is available in US
• Pretzels, doughnuts, and coleslaw are US icons,
  but were brought to us by the Dutch
• Tex-Mex Pizza (Italian Mexican US)
• With this recipe swapping American cuisine is a
  work in progress.

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Career Close Up With one or two partners use
class resources to find the answer to your
assigned question. Keep a list of sources. You
may find info on chef career link Be ready to
present in 30 minutes. Can you make it
interesting?
1-What skills does a television or webcast chef need to have? 2-What are the different types of chefs? Briefly describe.
3-What type of education is needed to become a chef? 4-What range of salary is typical for chefs?
5-What benefits are typical for chefs? 6-What is the downside of this career?
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Rev Up With 2 or 3 partners, complete the
chapter 2 posttest. Everyone needs their own
copy.(You can use chapter 2 and your notes to
help you.)