Questions about Food and Culture

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Food and Culture
Question 1
One of the primary points that significantly fascinated me is to know that food is a cultural symbol. Richard Wilk affirms that food signifies a group and personal identity. Another exciting aspect is that food fosters individuality and at the same time, bound people in a specific community. I have learned that people attach various meanings to different diets. For this reason, gibnut, a large forest rodent, is among the tastiest wild animals in Belize (Wilk 388).
Question 2
In the past few days, I drank coffee and ate bread at a restaurant. The reading by Wilk changed my perception of this food since, in Belize, people perceived tea, buns, and bread as dinner leftovers (Wilk 377).
Wilk asserts that tasting some Belizean food is mouthwatering, which made me change my perception of sardines and canned meat (Wilk 378). In particular, I hate these meals, but now I will try them out to identify whether they can become my favorite. I will be...