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Food culture refers to the matrix of processes which relate to food within a given culture, including, but not limited to, its cultivation, preparation, presentation, consumption and the socialization which occurs around agricultural and culinary traditions. The concept of food embodying a culture of its own is based on the idea that when food becomes a conscious act, instead of a merely biological one, it takes shape as an element of human identity.
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Food culture refers to the matrix of processes which relate to food within a given [[culture]], including, but not limited to, its cultivation, preparation, presentation, consumption and the socialization which occurs around agricultural and culinary traditions. The concept of food embodying a culture of its own is based on the idea that when food becomes a conscious act, instead of a merely biological one, it takes shape as an element of human identity.
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== External links and references ==
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* [http://www.food-culture.org/ Association for the Study of Food and Society]
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* [http://foodanthro.com/book-reviews/review-food-is-culture/ "Food is culture", book review by Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition]
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* [http://www.ifpri.org/ International Food Policy Research Institute]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 4 April 2014

Food Culture[edit]

Food culture refers to the matrix of processes which relate to food within a given culture, including, but not limited to, its cultivation, preparation, presentation, consumption and the socialization which occurs around agricultural and culinary traditions. The concept of food embodying a culture of its own is based on the idea that when food becomes a conscious act, instead of a merely biological one, it takes shape as an element of human identity.

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