TY - BOOK AU - Kittler,Pamela Goyan AU - Sucher,Kathryn TI - Food and culture SN - 0534561128 [paperback] PY - 2004/// CY - Australia PB - Thomson/Wadsworth KW - Nutrition KW - United States KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Food habits N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [505]-535) and index; Contents : 1 Food and culture -- 2 Traditional health beliefs and practices 27 -- 3 Intercultural communication 47 -- 4 Food and religion 71 -- 5 Native Americans 93 -- 6 Northern and southern Europeans 117 -- 7 Central Europeans, people of the former soviet union, and Scandinavians 149 -- 8 Africans -- 9 Mexicans and central Americans 205 -- 10 Caribbean islanders and south American 233 -- 11 Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans 261 -- 12 Southeast Asians and pacific islanders 303 -- 13 People of the Balkans and the middle east -- 14 Asian Indians and Pakistanis 371 -- 15 Regional Americans 395 ER -