Our culture defines us as humans, shaping us into the individuals we become. It is part of what helps create diversity. Within different cultures, there are different notions on how to nourish our bodies the most effectively, set before cultural borrowing became normal. All these notions stem from many types of food. Food. Food is more than what we put in our bodies to stay alive. It can be very personal. In “How to Read Literature like a Professor,” Foster remarks on this very conclusion saying that we “only want to [eat] with people we’re very comfortable with.” It is due to the fact that food is connected to many things. It can be the root of many memories such as what you came home to as a child or what you shared with family on special
