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1.Define the terms food and food habits. How does the omnivore’s paradox influence a person’s food choices and food habits? Food is anything that is consumed for the purpose of providing nutrition. Accordingly, “it is any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested”1. How humans and animals consume food is different in that humans eat while animals feed. Human eating is distinguished from animal feeding by the way human beings use food. Thi...

1. Choose one typical Filipino dish and describe it. Explain how it conforms to the principles of Filipino cooking. Select one or two ingredients and discuss whether they are due to an influence from another culture and why that might have happened. The dish I chose for this description is the Lumpia. Its similar to an egg roll and is one of the most popular traditional Filipino dishes – together with pancit. The main ingredients of the Lumpia are ground pork, green cabbages, carrots, onions,...

Food and food habits are ingrained in the minds of almost all human beings. In my own life, experience with food is perhaps the oldest memory I have – of sitting in the kitchen floor in my grandmother’s house eating fruits or dumplings. It was always a messy affair but no food experience has matched childhood meals at my grandmother. It is from these early beginning experiences with food that my food habits began to form and morphed into what I consider my food habits today.

1. What food flavors and food ingredients are associated with the Balkan and Middle Eastern countries? Why might they be similar? Describe two recipes, one from the Balkans and one from the Middle East, that contain filo (phyllo) dough. The Balkans and Middle Eastern countries share common food ingredients including wheat, rice, legumes, lamb meat, vegetables, and flavors such as Olives. They are similar due to the region's influence on immigration. This led to cultural interaction as ideas, v...

1. List the countries that comprise South Asia. List and briefly describe at least four religions practiced in this region. What are the similarities and differences regarding religion between Pakistan and India? The main difference between Pakistan and India when it comes to religion is that Indians are mostly Hindus (85% of population) whereas Pakistanis are mostly Muslim (98% of population). In deed, the separation of the two countries was primarily on the basis of separating the two relig...

1. If you become ill, how might your worldview influence your expectations about your illness and its treatment? In my culture we have a strong belief in harmonizing the energies within and without ourselves for a physical and spiritual health. As such, my worldview is that when all energies are in harmony then illness can be controlled. But having grown in the modern globalization era, I have also learned to appreciate the combination of traditional and modern health beliefs. So if I become ill...

1. Visit a Chinese restaurant or just look at the menu. Can you tell which region of China the recipes represent? How? Why do so many Chinese restaurants in the United States cook Cantonese style (Guangdong)? Chinese foods are identifiable with different regions in the country depending on the flavor and ingredients availability. In the northern part of china meals with Peking duck, mu shu pork, millet and soya beans are predominant. This is due to the cool climate that limits food produces. As...

Purpose of this data collection: to investigate the food habits and memories around formed of an individual in the northern Chinese culture.

Test Bank For Food and Culture 6th Edition by Pamela Goyan Kittler Test Bank1 for Food and Culture 6e Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication Multiple Choice Questions 1. What characteristics represent the “tip of the iceberg” in the iceberg analogy used to describe communication? a. Religion, educational background, political affiliation b. Ethnicity (or nationality), age, gender c. Degree of assimilation, age, ethnicity (or nationality) d. Religion, gender, age 2. In the “ice...

1. Briefly describe the traditional health practices and beliefs of the Russians, Germans, and Scandinavians. Russians – Russians believe if natural cures and alternative medicine. Such methods are used extensively together with biomedical therapy in Russia. Some Russians believe that certain illnesses are caused by supernatural causes and therefore require magic and occult therapies.

Test Bank For Food and Culture 6th Edition by Pamela Goyan Kittler Test Bank1 for Food and Culture 6e Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication Multiple Choice Questions 1. What characteristics represent the “tip of the iceberg” in the iceberg analogy used to describe communication? a. Religion, educational background, political affiliation b. Ethnicity (or nationality), age, gender c. Degree of assimilation, age, ethnicity (or nationality) d. Religion, gender, age 2. In the “ice...

1.Define the terms food and food habits. How does the omnivore’s paradox influence a person’s food choices and food habits? Food is anything that is consumed for the purpose of providing nutrition. Accordingly, “it is any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested”1. How humans and animals consume food is different in that humans eat while animals feed. Human eating is distinguished from animal feeding by the way human beings use food. Thi...

1. Choose one typical Filipino dish and describe it. Explain how it conforms to the principles of Filipino cooking. Select one or two ingredients and discuss whether they are due to an influence from another culture and why that might have happened. The dish I chose for this description is the Lumpia. Its similar to an egg roll and is one of the most popular traditional Filipino dishes – together with pancit. The main ingredients of the Lumpia are ground pork, green cabbages, carrots, onions,...

Purpose of this data collection: to investigate the food habits and memories around formed of an individual in the northern Chinese culture.

1. What food flavors and food ingredients are associated with the Balkan and Middle Eastern countries? Why might they be similar? Describe two recipes, one from the Balkans and one from the Middle East, that contain filo (phyllo) dough. The Balkans and Middle Eastern countries share common food ingredients including wheat, rice, legumes, lamb meat, vegetables, and flavors such as Olives. They are similar due to the region's influence on immigration. This led to cultural interaction as ideas, v...

1. Choose one Caribbean country and summarize the worldview of its immigrants living in the United States. Include an example of the use of hot-cold system for cause or treatment of an illness. Describe the types of traditional healers used in this region. The republic of Cuba has had its immigrants living in the United States since the nineteenth century. At the time, most immigrants sought refuge in the US due to Political tribulations in the country. Specifically the overthrow of the then pr...

1. Visit a Chinese restaurant or just look at the menu. Can you tell which region of China the recipes represent? How? Why do so many Chinese restaurants in the United States cook Cantonese style (Guangdong)? Chinese foods are identifiable with different regions in the country depending on the flavor and ingredients availability. In the northern part of china meals with Peking duck, mu shu pork, millet and soya beans are predominant. This is due to the cool climate that limits food produces. As...

1. Why is communication with another person or group described as an action chain? Give an example of an action chain that might occur when you meet (1) a friend, (2) your new boss, and (3) a young child. Communication with another person or group is described as an action chain because it involves “a whole series of unwritten expectations regarding how a person should respond” to certain cues and actions from the other party (ch.3, p.57)........

1. Compare and contrast the staple foods of Mexico’s different regions. Mexican cuisine is very diverse. The Mexicans of the northern and central regions often consume beef. “It is the only area in Mexico where beef is frequently consumed, often served as steaks or in stews”. In the Baja Peninsula and along the gulf of California, on the other hand, fish features prominently in the staple food.

1. Describe the cuisine that West African slaves brought to America and one American food recipe that has its origins in Africa. What traditional food might be served on Juneteenth? Foods discovered in the new world by European explorers had already made their way into parts of the African continent before transatlantic slave trade brought Africans to America.....