Eating Habits through the Prism of national traditions: dishes as national symbols Culinary traditions are deeply rooted in the culture of each nation, reflecting its history, values, and lifestyles. Some dishes have gained the status of national symbols, becoming an inseparable element of the cultural identity of a given country. In this article, we will look at how eating habits are conditioned by national traditions and how some dishes have become symbols of their nations. Italy: Pizza and Pasta Italian cuisine is one of the most recognizable in the world, and pizza and pasta are its symbols. The traditional Neapolitan pizza has even...

Emigration in Europe after 2004 resulted in a huge clash of cultures, religions, and lifestyles, which had a powerful impact on the changes in eating habits of both the emigrants themselves and the people living in the host countries.Residents of different countries bring their culinary traditions with them, introducing new flavors and habits to the communities where they settle. As a consequence, European societies are beginning to experience changes in their eating habits that can affect health, intercultural relations, and the way food is perceived. One of the important aspects of the impact of emigration on dietary changes is the differences...

Michał and Pamela are a young married couple who have a very good economic situation. They are very active professionally, they have no children. They are a couple very close to me. Michał is my nephew. It is a very interesting choice for this interview because I have known Michał since he was born, I know perfectly well the habits and eating habits of his family in which he grew up. Despite the openness of his parents to new flavors and attention to the quality and variety of food in his family home, Michał was a child, teenager, and young...

The Queens closed opened 1655 The popularity of The Queen's Closet Opened cookbook published in 1655 shows that our fascination with the private lives of famous people is nothing new. Aiming to reveal the domestic secrets of Henrietta Maria, the French wife of the executed King Charles I, The Queen's Closet enticed 17th-century readers with a glimpse into the world of royalty. When the book first appeared, Charles had been dead for six years, England was ruled as a Commonwealth under Cromwell, and the widowed Henrietta Maria was living in exile in France. In 24 years of marriage, Henrietta Maria was never...

A few days ago I had the opportunity to interview Maciej Blatkiewicz, a well-known food critic in Poland, the owner of a popular YouTube channel (292,000 subscribers as of March 13, 2023) which has existed since 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA4aEii08Mk The purpose of the conversation was to find the relationship between the habits learned from the family home and pushing one's own habitual boundaries during several years of professional work directly related to food testing. I also wanted to find out how Maciej opened up to new flavors, and whether his choices and eating habits have changed. What did he pay attention to when...

The menu, like most movies lately, is a hybrid of genres. On the one hand, it is a parody of culinary programs, where the preparation of dishes and their presentation resembles a show of the latest Victoria's Secret products - you simply cannot take your eyes off the sense of the spectacle, as well as the form or (as the charismatic psychopath chef mentions in the film) the consistency of what what we see. On the other hand, it is a comedy with a strong accent of satire, because it is a mockery of the catering industry and its side...

Knowledge is a collection of information and facts that you accept as true. However, if you accept some things as true, it means that you believe other things to be false. So epistemology focuses on the criteria that prove knowledge. The first question is how can you find that truth. If you believe you can reach it through your senses, you are an empiricist. On the other hand, if you believe you can arrive at the truth by reason, you are a rationalist. The second question relates to the object of truth. If you believe that the object of this truth...

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Brazilian food photographer Sergio Coimbra has become one of the most popular professionals among chefs around the world with his signature work and stunning food photography. His career began more than 10 years ago with advertising photos, food catalogs and food campaigns.“Of course chefs are artists,” states Coimbra. “Food is an art in the hands of these professionals who push the boundaries to the next level by creating great recipes with rich aesthetics,” he adds. The Brazilian photographer argues that since we painted the first still lifes, we have learned to see the artistic value of food, which chefs have...