Food and Culture (5 Ed)
By Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn P. Sucher,
Wordsworth Publishing | 2007 | ISBN: 049511541X | 576 pages | PDF | 12.4 MB
Amazon Link : http://www.amazon.com/Food-Culture-Pamela-Goyan-Kittler/dp/049511541X/
FOOD AND CULTURE is the market-leading text for the cultural foods courses, providing 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. Authors Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn P. Sucher include comprehensive coverage of key ethnic, religious, and regional groups, including Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Mexicans and Central Americans, Caribbean Islanders, South Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Pacific Islanders, People of the Balkans, Middle Easterners, Asian Indians, and regional Americans.
CONTENTS
1 Food and Culture 1
2 Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices 37
3 Intercultural Communication 57
4 Food and Religion 85
5 Native Americans 109
6 Northern and Southern Europeans 139
7 Central Europeans, People of the Former Soviet Union, and Scandinavians 173
8 Africans 205
9 Mexicans and Central Americans 235
10 Caribbean Islanders and South Americans 275
11 East Asians 315
12 Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders 361
13 People of the Balkans and the Middle East 407
14 South Asians 441
15 Regional Americans 473
GLOSSARY OF ETHNIC INGREDIENTS 523
RESOURCES 535
INDEX 539
