The Globalisation of Food: A Cultural Assimilation

Abstract

Food is a primary element of our social relations. The physiological immediacy of food serves as a foundation for incredibly diverse and complex cultural relations. Eating habits have been a social pursuit for centuries as food was considered to be a symbol of social status. Its ostentatious display a.rtictilates social conflicts, · conspicuous consumption being a typical example.5 Consumption patterns of the people express even their national identities.6 Food also mirrors the self as our eating habits reveal our attitudes