Text A Food Culture
People of every country have unique ideas about what is good food. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what
is delicious and what is not. For instance, if you considered one kind of food a great delicacy in your country, you might
not be able to understand why some people in other countries find it “unusual”. The truth is that most of us have been
brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
If you live in America, you won’t eat out often since it is very expensive. However, very few Americans eat lunch
at home because very few of them work near where they live. Either they pack their lunch in the morning and take it with them
to work, school or the office or else they eat out. They buy lunch in the restaurants, most being fast-food restaurants.
However, Americans may invite visiting Chinese to a more formal dinner, so it is important for us to adhere to the Western
table manners.
It is necessary to focus on cultural eating differences between Chinese and Western societies which may cause
misunderstandings if ignored .
There are millions of people away from their homes every day either by necessity or by choice. The restaurant and catering
business has met this growing demand by feeding this huge number of highly mobile persons, office and factory workers, schoolchildren, military personnel, travelers and people out to have a good time. Because there are so many to feed, the
restaurant and catering business is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world. Those who eat away from
home spend vast sums of money for restaurants or catered meals. Just take America for example. Food service industry sales
were projected at about 100
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