Differences on Food Culture between China and the United States
China, which has a history longer than five thousand years, has various cultures, is one of the biggest countries in the world.As we mention the Chinese dietary culture, many people think highly of Chinese food, it emphasizes on color、smell、taste and shape.We Chinese not only pay attention to food’s nutrition, its smell and taste are the most important things for us.In our eyes, we regard our diet as a kind of enjoyment.\"Food is the heaven to the human\", from this proverb, we can learn the importance of food in our heart.Because our region has a low development of production for thousands of years, people always be hungry, as a result, it comes into being the particular culture that diet is important than any other thing. However, in the sharp contrast, American holds the idea of rational diet.Regardle the color, smell, taste and shape of the food, what they care is to take enough calorie, vitamin and protein.Even if it tastes the same, they will force themselves to eat it for its nutrition.By comparing the different cultural values between China and America, the paper mainly make a search on the differences of American and Chinese food culture from dietary concepts and pattern.
中国是一个拥有5000多年历史的国家，具有多样的文化。中国的饮食文化在全世界更是享有盛名。一提到中国饮食文化，很多人都会对中国食谱以及中国菜的色、香、味、形赞不绝口。中国人注重的不仅仅是营养，饮食的口感与味道更是重中之重。对于中国人而言，饮食的过程是一种享受。俗话说“民以食为天”，这句谚语就足以说明饮食在我们心中的重要性。由于我们这个民族几千年来都处于低下的生产力水平，人们总是吃不饱，所以才会有一种独特的把食物看得重于一切的饮食文化。
对比注重“味”的中国饮食，美国则是一种理性饮食观念。不论食物的色、香、味、形如何，而营养一定要得到保证，讲究一天要摄取多少热量、维生素、蛋白质等等。即便口味千篇1律，也一定要吃下去——因为有营养。本文透过中美不同的文化价值观，主要对饮食观念，饮食方式两方面的饮食文化内涵进行了研究
