Factors Affecting Food Choice Religion & Food Key Vocabulary: Cuisine Celebration/Occasion. Food can play a vital role in Rastafarian Eat i-tal (clean, natural and pure), coconut oil, herbal tea, fruit and veg. Don't eat pork, salt, Staple Foods celebration or special occasion, such milk coffee, alcohol. Enjoyment Food Choice as a birthday or Christmas. Certain foods are associated with these Seasonality occasions Buddhists Eat a vegetarian diet, don’t eat meat or have alcohol. Food Provenance Protected Status Such as roast turkey at Christmas. Muslims Eat halal food only, don’t eat pork,drink alcohol, eat fish and shellfish without scales. Cost of Food Where and what we buy may be affected by how much money we have Food Provenance: Knowing or want to spend where food is grown, reared and caught and how it is Jews Eat kosher food, don’t eat shellfish, pork, meat with dairy. Fashion/trends,Media, New fashions and trends emerge produced and transported Peer Pressure. which can affect the foods we choose to eat - such as juicing Hindus Eat milk, mainly vegetarian, don’t eat beef (cows are sacred) or have alcohol. Protected Status: Regional Most of our food is available all year Food Availability & and traditional foods whose Seasonality around, but some foods are seasonal, Eat a vegetarian diet, don’t have alcohol, kosher, halal, beef. such as soft fruit e.g.strawberries in Sikhs authenticity and origin can be June. guaranteed. Christians Eat generally everything, don’t eat meat on a Friday instead fish. Healthy Eating & PAL A wide range of reduced fat, low calorie, sugar-free and salt-free products now exist. It is important that food intake is balanced with the energy we use to maintain a healthy weight. (PAL - Physical Activity Level) Food Studies. Cuisine: a style of Lifestyles Due to busy lifestyles, family members Year 8 International cooking of a may not be able to eat together particular country or everyday, and might rely on quick region. snacks and ready meals. Cuisine

Religion and Culture Many faiths have specific rules regarding food. International Cuisine Mediterranean Olives, Olive oil, Fish, Seafood, Tomatoes,Aubergines, Courgettes. Italy - Pizza, Pasta, Cannoli, Tiramisu. Spain - Paella, Churros, Gazpacho, Patatas Bravas, Tortilla.. France - England Cornish pasty, Yorkshire Pudding, Fish and Coq au Vin, Souffle, Beef Bourguignon, Creme Brulee, Pomme Chips, English Breakfast, Sandwiches, Frites, Ratatouille. Greece - Moussaka, Taramasalata, Stilton Cheese, Eccles Cakes, Cumberland Dolmades, Kofta, Kebab, Haloumi Cheese, Baklava. Sausage, Bakewell Tart, Manchester Tart, Cottage/Shepherds Pie, Toad in the Hole.

Chinese Rice, Noodles, Vermicelli, duck, pork, Pak Choi, Water Wales Welsh Rabbit, Welsh Cakes, Bara Brith, Staple Chestnuts, Bamboo Shoots, Beansprouts, Mushroom, Soy Laver Bread, Meaty Broth, Glamorgan Food: a Sauce, Fish Sauce. Spring rolls, Dumplings, Sui Mai, Won Ton, Sausage. Chow Mein. food that is eaten Northern Colcannon,, Irish , Soda regularly Ireland Bread & Oatmeal. Rice, lentils, chickpeas, beans, coconut milk, ghee butter, and is the Indian paneer cheese, spices. main part of the diet for a Scotland Porridge, Kippers, , , Oat Cakes, & . group of Avocado, Chorizo, Plantain, Tacos, Nachos, Fajitas, Staple people. South American Foods Enchiladas,, Ceviche, Arepas, Empanadas,Dulce de Leche.