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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.

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• Preface(vii)
• About the Authors(xi)
• 1 Food and Culture(1)
• What Is Food?(2)
• The Omnivore's Paradox(3)
• Self-Identity(3)
• Symbolic Use of Food(4)
• Cultural Identity(5)
• What Is Culture(6)
• The Acculturation Process(7)
• Acculturation of Food Habits(7)
• Cultural Food Habits(7)
• Core and Complementary Foods Model(8)
• Flavor Principles(8)
• Meal Patterns and Meal Cycles(10)
• Developmental Perspective of Food Culture(10)
• Individual Food Habits(12)
• Food Availability(12)
• Edible or Inedible?(12)
• Determinants of Food Choice and Dietary Change Model(13)
• Nutrition and Food Habits(17)
• The Need for Cultural Competency(17)
• Intercultural Nutrition Care(20)
• The American Paradox(21)
• 2 Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices(31)
• Worldview(32)
• Cultural Outlook(32)
• Biomedical Worldview(34)
• What Is Health(36)
• Cultural Definitions of Health(36)
• Health Maintenance(37)
• Disease, Illness, and Sickness(39)
• Cultural Definitions of Disease, Illness, and Sickness(39)
• Healing Practices(41)
• Pluralistic Health Care Systems(45)
• Medical Pluralism(45)
• Biomedical Healing(45)
• 3 Intercultural Communication(49)
• The Intercultural Challenge(50)
• Intercultural Communication Concepts(50)
• Verbal Communication(51)
• Nonverbal Communication(54)
• Role of Communication in Health Care(56)
• Interaction between Provider and Client(56)
• Responsibilities of the Health Care Provider(57)
• Successful Intercultural Communication(57)
• Intercultural Communication Skills(57)
• Intercultural Counseling(59)
• Intercultural Nutrition Assessment(61)
• Intercultural Nutrition Education(63)
• Culturally Relevant Program Preparation(64)
• Implementation Strategies(65)
• 4 Food and Religion(69)
• Western Religions(71)
• Judaism(71)
• Christianity(76)
• Islam(80)
• Eastern Religions(83)
• Hinduism(83)
• Buddhism(88)
• 5 Native Americans(93)
• History of Native Americans(94)
• Cultural Perspective(94)
• Traditional Food Habits(99)
• Contemporary Food Habits(109)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(115)
• 6 Northern and Southern Europeans(123)
• Northern Europeans(124)
• Cultural Perspective(124)
• Traditional Food Habits(128)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(136)
• Southern Europeans(139)
• Cultural Perspective(139)
• Traditional Food Habits(142)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(150)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(152)
• 7 Central Europeans, People of the Former Soviet Union, and Scandinavians(157)
• Central Europeans and the People of the FSU(159)
• Cultural Perspective(159)
• Traditional Food Habits(164)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(172)
• Scandinavians(174)
• Cultural Perspective(175)
• Traditional Food Habits(177)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(180)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(181)
• 3 Africans, African Americans, and Black Americans(187)
• Africans and Black Americans(188)
• Cultural Perspective(188)
• Traditional Food Habits(193)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(200)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(204)
• 9 Mexicans and Central Americans(209)
• Mexicans(211)
• Cultural Perspective(211)
• Traditional Food Habits(214)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(222)
• Central Americans(228)
• Cultural Perspective(228)
• Traditional Food Habits(230)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(233)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(234)
• 10 Caribbean Islanders and South Americans(241)
• Caribbean Islanders(243)
• Cultural Perspective(243)
• Traditional Food Habits(247)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(254)
• South Americans(258)
• Cultural Perspective(258)
• Traditional Food Habits(260)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(266)
• Health and Longevity Take Away(267)
• 11 East Asians(273)
• Chinese(275)
• Cultural Perspective(275)
• Traditional Food Habits(280)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(289)
• Japanese(292)
• Cultural Perspective(292)
• Traditional Food Habits(294)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(300)
• Japanese(292)
• Cultural Perspective(292)
• Traditional Food Habits(294)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(300)
• Koreans(301)
• Cultural Perspective(303)
• Traditional Food Habits(305)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(308)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(310)
• 12 Southeast Asians and Residents of Oceania(317)
• Southeast Asians(318)
• Cultural Perspective(318)
• Traditional Food Habits(326)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(337)
• Oceania(341)
• Cultural Perspective(341)
• Traditional Food Habits(344)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(347)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(350)
• 13 People of the Balkans and the Middle East(357)
• The Balkans and the Middle East(358)
• Cultural Perspective(358)
• Traditional Food Habits(365)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(379)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(382)
• 14 South Asians(385)
• South Asians(387)
• Cultural Perspective(387)
• Traditional Food Habits(392)
• Contemporary Food Habits in the United States(404)
• Health and Longevity Takeaway(407)
• 15 Regional Americans(413)
• American Regional Food Habits(414)
• What Is Regional Fare?(414)
• Regional Divisions(415)
• The Northeast(415)
• Regional Profile(415)
• Traditional Fare(417)
• Health Concerns(422)
• The Midwest(422)
• Regional Profile(422)
• Traditional Fare(426)
• Health Concerns(431)
• The South(431)
• Regional Profile(431)
• Traditional Fare 432
• Health Concerns(442)
• The West(443)
• Regional Profile(443)
• Traditional Fare(444)
• Health Concerns(451)
• Glossary of Ingredients(455)
• Index(467)