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Sun. May. 4, 2008
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Art & Culture > Heritage > Traditions
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Ymmm.. I Love it!
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You love it? See more pictures by clicking here.
Photos by Farrukh Younus, A & C writer. |
"Food is our common ground, a universal experience." James Beard, an American chef and food writer once said.
We all have diverse cultures, forming different nations and living special traditions and customs. Yet, we all share one common language: food.
No wonder!
Each country has its own unique foods that, by one way or another, structure an angle of it's culture. African food has a unique taste different from that of Japanese food. Chinese food reflects some characteristics of China – as does Egyptian food reflects Egypt.
You may be asking about the topic we want to discuss by now. It is all about the food culture!
Using food as a tool to introduce the diversity of cultures, we started this discussion based around the theme of the cuisine. We want to be able to see and read about the history of each other’s food.
So here we go!! We only ask just three questions:
1-What kind of food do you usually like to eat?
2-Do you think your food is a part of your culture? Does food manage to highlight and narrate stories of your relationship with your country’s cuisine, origin of recipes, and etiquettes?
3- Do you discover common roots and heritage between your culture's food and that of other cultures?
Let's hear first from you in order to proceed with this topic further.
What do you think?
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Rasha Mohammad is the Acting Managing editor of Art & Culture page at IslamOnline.net. She has worked as a coordinator of Palestinian Holocaust Memorial Museum project. Now she is working on "Back to Religion" special coverage highlighting the role of religion in people's lives. Mohammad studied English literature at Al-Alsun University, Cairo. Her interests include travel, reading, chocolate and green apples. She can be reached via rasha.mohamed@iolteam.com
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