We realize that everyone need food for their life. So food has a important role in people daily activities. Most of people habits and what they like will determine the culture of a country. And food will created based on what people love to eat, this is about taste. That causes the close relationship between food and culture.
Most of country have their own traditional food that typically different from each other. This traditional food is created by their own society. There is a lot of factor that cause the creation of a cuisine. The different of weather affect the agricultural. The different of agricultural affect the differences in how to process. And the differences in process will produce different food as result.
Food also indicate the characteristics of an event. For example is in a festival. When there is a Japanese festival or Western festival, it definitely has a different food even if it is held in a same country. And people usually judge a party from the food provided. It shows that each food has each value.
The fact is food not only for daily needs, but also for an identity. Most of people identity is determined by the food that they eat. For example in Japanese the specific food that popular is sushi. Sushi is made from a seafood. It shows that Japan has a great harvest of fish, seafood, and edible seaweed. And the size of sushi conform with the habit of Japanese which usually eat using chopstick.
In short, characteristic of the food show characteristic of the culture in a country. Every country has their own characteristic that must be maintained forever. That peculiarities of each country can bring that country into considered country in the world. Because of the specialties and culture which all people want to know.
