American cuisine is shaped by the natural wealth of the country. Having never faced agricultural hardship, . Americans had the luxury of not relying on rotating crops, such as the Japanese, whose food culture now showcases buckwheat alongside rice, or the Indians, or the French and Italians, who feature lentils and beans alongside wheat. . “That kind of negotiation with the land forced people to incorporate those crops in to the culture,” says Barber. And so eating soba noodles becomes part of what it means to be Japanese, and eating beans becomes part of what it means to be French.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:43:31 +0000
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