People will connect to their cultural group through similar food patterns. Immigrants often use food as means of keeping their identity. People from different backgrounds eat different food. The areas families live influence food likes and dislikes.
Food items themselves have meaning (attach) to them. In many Western countries, a box of chocolate would be viewed as an appropriate gift. The receiver of the gift would react (different) to a gift of cabbages or carrots. In other countries, however, chocolate might be a less appropriate gift.
Nations or countries are often linked certain food. For example, many people think of Italy when eating pizza. Some families in the United States prefer to eat meat and potatoes. Grit's (粗玉米粉) (eat) by families in the southern United States.
(region) food habIt's do exist, but they also change over time. Families move to other locations, (bring) their food preferences with them. They may use some local (ingredient) to try their old recipes, or experiment with new recipes. Because people and food are mobile, trying to define a country's culture by what they eat is often (accurate).
