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Culture & Foods

sources of information on culture and food

The descriptions of cultural foods provided in this section are based on information from the following sources:

  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Midwest Region. What’s in a Meal? A Resource Manual for Providing Nutritious Meals in the Child and Adult Food Care Program. Fourth Edition, 2003. Reproduced by the National Food Service Management Institute. (The original source for cultural foods in this manual was Foods Around the World, Dairy Council of Wisconsin.)
  • Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn P. Sucher. Cultural Foods: Traditions and Trends. 2000: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, Belmont CA.
  • Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn P. Sucher. Food and Culture in America: A Nutrition Handbook, Second Edition. 1998: West/Wadsworth, an International Thomson Publishing Company.
  • Joan and David Peterson. Eat Smart in Brazil. 1995: Ginkgo Press, Inc., Madison WI.
  • Southeast Michigan Dietetic Association, website www.semda.org/info (website information was most recently accessed on 2/21/06).

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