Food Around the World: A Cultural Perspective

About this book

Appreciation and understanding of cultures around the world is one of the challenging goals of this brand new book. Food is featured prominently because of its universal appeal and the meaningful ways that geography climate economics and religion have combined with history and culture to define the ingredients and food patterns unique to countries and regions around the world. In addition the book provides readers with a sound fundamental knowledge of the worlds nations and the uniqueness of todays rich cultural patterns. Offers readers recipes maps and photographs from such regions of the world as the British Isles Scandinavia Italy Greece Turkey India Southeast Asia China South America and the Caribbean. For clinical dieticians and administrative dieticians in hospitals.