Food and Culture

Providing current information on the health, culture, food and nutrition habits of the most common ethnic and racial groups living in the United States, FOOD AND CULTURE supports human diversity and inclusivity and provides you with an accessible lens to see connection. This market-leading text for cultural foods courses is also 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. It also will help you develop a grounded perspective of the diversity in the United States and enhances effective communication across cultures in any field of work. The authors include comprehensive coverage of key ethnic, religious and regional groups, including Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Black Americans, 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.

List of contents

1. Food and Culture.
2. Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices.
3. Intercultural Communication.
4. Food and Religion.
5. Native Americans.
6. Northern and Southern Europeans.
7. Central Europeans, People of the Former Soviet Union, and Scandinavians.
8. Africans and Black Americans.
9. Mexicans and Central Americans.
10. Caribbean Islanders and South Americans.
11. Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans.
12. Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders.
13. People of the Balkans and the Middle East.
14. Asian Indians and Pakistanis.
15. Regional Americans.
Glossary of Ethnic Ingredients.
Resources.
Index.

About the author

Nina Mukerjee Furstenau is a Fulbright Global Scholar with a research focus on heritage foods, food and identity and food history. She is retired from the Science and Agricultural Journalism program at the University of Missouri where she was director of food systems communication and where she received the Outstanding Writing Intensive Teaching Award for her courses in food and culture writing. Furstenau is the author of the award-wining book, BITING THROUGH THE SKIN: AN INDIAN KITCHEN IN AMERICA'S HEARTHLAND (MFK Fisher Book Award among other recognitions) about how food traditions pass through generations, across oceans and time; GREEN CHILI & OTHER IMPOSTERS, about food movements around the world especially under colonialism, and CHILIES CHHANA AND RASA, its counterpart in India; TASTY! MOZAMBIQUE, a low-literacy cookbook for small holder female farmers created to help reduce childhood stunting due to micronutrient deficiencies; and SAVOR MISSOURI: RIVER HILLS COUNTRY FOOD AND WINE, about the flavors of region and the people who create them. Furstenau is the director of the Food Program for Media for Change and leads food and culture international immersion travel. She began her journey in heritage foods and nutrition as a Peace Corps volunteer in North Africa and never looked back.Nina Mukerjee Furstenau is a Fulbright Global Scholar with a research focus on heritage foods, food and identity and food history. She is retired from the Science and Agricultural Journalism program at the University of Missouri where she was director of food systems communication and where she received the Outstanding Writing Intensive Teaching Award for her courses in food and culture writing. Furstenau is the author of the award-wining book, BITING THROUGH THE SKIN: AN INDIAN KITCHEN IN AMERICA'S HEARTHLAND (MFK Fisher Book Award among other recognitions) about how food traditions pass through generations, across oceans and time; GREEN CHILI & OTHER IMPOSTERS, about food movements around the world especially under colonialism, and CHILIES CHHANA AND RASA, its counterpart in India; TASTY! MOZAMBIQUE, a low-literacy cookbook for small holder female farmers created to help reduce childhood stunting due to micronutrient deficiencies; and SAVOR MISSOURI: RIVER HILLS COUNTRY FOOD AND WINE, about the flavors of region and the people who create them. Furstenau is the director of the Food Program for Media for Change and leads food and culture international immersion travel. She began her journey in heritage foods and nutrition as a Peace Corps volunteer in North Africa and never looked back.

Summary

Providing current information on the health, culture, food and nutrition habits of the most common ethnic and racial groups living in the United States, FOOD AND CULTURE supports human diversity and inclusivity and provides you with an accessible lens to see connection. This market-leading text for cultural foods courses is also 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. It also will help you develop a grounded perspective of the diversity in the United States and enhances effective communication across cultures in any field of work. The authors include comprehensive coverage of key ethnic, religious and regional groups, including Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Black Americans, 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.

Product details

• Authors: Nina Furstenau, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau, Marcia Nelms, NELMS SUCHER, SeAnne Safaii-Waite, Seanne Safaii-Waite Safaii-Waite, Kathryn Sucher, Kathryn P. Sucher
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2023
• EAN: 9780357729588
• ISBN: 978-0-357-72958-8
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 22 mm x 274 mm
• Weight: 1043 g
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Diet; Cultural Studies, MEDICAL / Nutrition, MEDICAL / Nursing / Nutrition, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, Dietetics & nutrition, Dietetics and nutrition