Blog Post 2

WRIT 1133 Blog Post 2

The respect of heritage is most definitely one of the most prominent food values not only here in America, but all around the world. People for the most part do not enjoy drastic change, and food certainly falls under that category. Food from your home country reminds you of happy times and pride in your country and family. This is something many families want to pass down to their children, especially if they live in a different country from their homeland.

In Nicholson’s article “Eating White” he attributes eating lunch to his mother who had passed away. He writes how it is very difficult to find Cheshire cheese in California versus back in Britain. Nicholson continues to relate his “white meal” to his home country and his heritage and explains the hardships related to now living in the United States of America. He definitely emphasizes the importance of heritage and traditional dining when discussing values towards food.

Ahn has a different approach to food values in respect to culture. In his mind, the most effective way of passing down values in traditional food is to make it at home with the family. Being of Korean decent, he once took his family to a Korean restaurant where he ordered a dish with the same name as one he liked from his home country. However, the dish ended up being much different from the traditional food he was expecting, so this led him towards cooking at home to instill cultural values in food.

Overall, heritage and traditional dining play a huge roll in how people eat every day.