Making Cultural Connections through FoodItaly, Iceland, Paris, and the South are all very culturally different. Despite the many differences, food has the ability to tie them all together.
Similarities Surrounding Food
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As you can see, food has served as a link between the four different encounters each of us have had during our cross cultural experience. Food has the uncanny ability to hold people's lives together within cultures and across cultures. The food that people enjoy, and the traditions that surround that food, give them a unique sense of identity that can be felt by all. Regardless of the differences between cultures, food serves as a vehicle for which unlike cultures are able to come together around a common theme and interact in accordance.
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