Wang: You’ve tasted foods of many cultures, I guess.
Jean:Yes, I have. In America, People like to dine out for a change at weekends.
Wang:What food is your favorite?
Jean: Chinese food. What struck me most is its varieties and delicacy. Since China is a large country with more than 50 nationalities and long history, it is not surprising to find that many Chinese eat differently. But I don’t know which varieties are more typical .
Wang: Well, it is pretty hard to generalize about Chinese food. Yet there are eight well-known dishes, Guangdong dishes, Jiangsu dishes, Zhejiang dishes., , Hunan dishes, Fujian dishes, and Anhui dishes.
Jean: I know that Sichuan dishes are very hot. But I wonder why Sichuan people like hot food as the weather there is hot enough.
Wang: They say hot food makes you perspire. Perspiration will lower your temperature and thus you’ll feel less hot.
Jean: No wonder anthropologists say that people eat what their cultures teach them.