HTM 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dust Bathing, White Park Cattle, Baby Boomers

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTM 2740
• Professor: Don Mac Laurin

Document Summary

Durian; sweet, savoury, similar to onion/garlicky, texture of avocado. What you eat, why you eat it. Grits are made with cornmeal, water and butter. > group presentation: go one hour before seminar to prepare food. Four components of cuisine: foods selected, preparation methods, flavouring and seasonings, cultural food rules. Demonstrated difference in cultures, appearances are not as they appear. Food is defined as any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested. A network of activities and systems physical, social, cultural, economic, political, spiritual, and aesthetic. An expression of identity as an individual, family, group, nation, or religious community. A source of pleasure & comfort tool of enculturating individuals into the social rules and ethos of a culture. Acts as a binding agent (builds relationships) Acts as a dividing agent (social, economic, political) Traces the lifecycle (births, birthdays, ceremonies, rituals, rites of passage, death)