An Analysis of the Common Rhetoric Surrounding Cuisine Identity

Abstract

This research will advance the most common representations and identities of cuisine through a narrative analysis and critique. Cuisine identity is constructed and affirmed in various narrative structures and personal stories which include the food production activities and consumption patterns of its peoples. Cuisine and food products have traveled globally with emigrant’s stories from multiple cultures. In fact, most contemporary cuisine stories are born from the immigration of people from various cultures, ethnicities, and nations upon previous styles of cuisine. The diversity of cuisine reflects the diversity of the environment; the bounty of the land, ocean and air; as well as the diversity of the human population. This research will advance the most common rhetoric that is used to depict, define and advance the most commonly consumed cuisines.