The article "Food for Thought" talks about food and how it reflects on international relations. Food is one of the best ways to describe costumes and traditions of a group or country, and it also describes how a nation interacts with others. This article made me think about the traditional food in my home country... Ah! by the way I am from Brazil!!!!
So, how I was saying the article made me think of the Brazilian traditional food and it relation with our history. The most typical Brazilian dishes named "Feijoada", black beens with pork meat, can tell us the history of the slavery and how they created this kind of food using what they were allowed to. Or if we look at the relation between Brazil and Portugal we can see the influences of the Portuguese cuisine.
It is really interesting how food can describe social, cultural, politic and economic characteristics of a country. Think about that next time you oder your diner because it can tell many things about you and your origins.
3 comments:
Your summary is really clear~~~and I agree with your point. The cuisine of a country can reflects its history and culture. you says a lot of things about Brazilian food, and I really curious about them. If I will have a opportunity to visit your country, I want to try some. hahaha~~~
It is really interesting to me how meat and beans can reflect the history of slavery in Brazil. I'm wondering if any news foods are becoming more common and what that might say about your culture and maybe even globalization.
Can you think of any examples?
Your summary is quite interesting for me,at least I knew one of your traditional food's history.Compared with American food I ilke Mexican food much.Because I like spicy.I wonded if it's similar to you country's food.Anyway,I think your article is much like a story.I like it.
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