HISTORY 15F Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Haute Cuisine, Centrality, Oscar Handlin
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Importance of these two topics and the connection between them. We are what we eat captures the importance of food not only physically but also socioeconomically and culturally. It serves as a marker of our identity - as individuals and communities. Changes in our food habits mark individual and social transformation: many people, including john kennedy, have characterized the us is a nation of immigrants. The continuous influx of immigrants the 19th century has fundamentally transformed the racial as well as socioeconomic character of the us. The immigrants also transplanted their culinary traditions in the new. World, profoundly enriching the gastronomical landscape of the nation. Cuisine the definition of a key concept: etymology. It is a longstanding recognized tradition of shared practices and beliefs regarding the preparation and consumption of food. It is often associated with a geographical region. Geographical location was a way to identify early particular cuisines.
