1. How does your culture influence your food choices?
Journal Entry
How does your culture influence your food choices?

2. Factors Affecting Food Choices

3. A Reflection of Culture

4. What is culture?

5. The beliefs and social customs of a group of people.
What is culture?
The beliefs and social customs of a group of people.

6. How does your culture influence what you eat?
Family
Tradition
Religion
Region

7. Chinese Tea Culture Had at family gatherings
Offered as a sign of respect to elders
Celebrations
Used to be bartered with
Coca-cola has had a hard time entering the Chinese market because of the strong tea culture

8. Orthodox Jews
Kosher Laws

10. Peppernuts What: Peppernuts a small spiced cookie.
When it is eaten: around Christmas time.
How it is part of my culture: My great grandma was adopted by an American-German family when she was younger and this is who she learned the recipe from. When I was young she would always send us Christmas sweets and peppernuts were always included. She shared the recipe with my mom, my mom shared it with me, and I plan to share it with my children.
Why they stand out to me: They remind me of my family and getting together during the holidays.
Origin: From Germany, Belgium, and Denmark - eaten during the time St. Nicholas visits.

11. What is an example of a food from your culture?