Food and Culture
by Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn P. Sucher
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Author: Kathryn P. Sucher, Pamela Goyan KittlerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-27
ISBN: 049511541X
Number of pages: 558
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary: 5 Stars
If you are looking for a resource on food and culture look no further! Food and Culture by Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn P. Sucher sets the gold standard.
The book contains excellent background information beginning with an overview of how food and culture relate to each other, followed by chapters on traditional health beliefs and practices, food and religion, and intercultural communication.
Following these rich and fascinating foundation chapters, the book devotes separate chapters to specific cultural groups. In each of these chapters, the specific group's history in the US. and their worldview (including religion and family) are presented. Also included are each cultural group's common foods and ingredients, typical meal patterns, and foods served on festive occasions. Additionally, the meaning of what culturally specific foods mean to the group and therapeutic beliefs and practices surrounding their consumption are included. Each chapter ends with how the group has adapted its food habits in the US and the clinical implications for dietitians and other healthcare workers who work with members of the group.
Increasing cultural competence is the cornerstone of this extraordinary book. Thus, it is much more than a cultural nutrition textbook. Anyone who works with culturally diverse groups will find the book as an invaluable resource, including nurses, physicians, dietitians, nutritionists, public health professionals, food service professionals, health educators, teachers, and diversity trainers. In fact, Food and Culture is a fascinating read for the general public interested in why different groups eat different foods.
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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.Diets Books
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