Topic > The importance of dinner - 705

Our individual food choices are not independent of our cultural traditions and these are rooted in our social group relationships. Finkelstein (1989) states that the preference for favoring red meat, large portions and simplicity of food choices such as meat and vegetables implies a working class status. Mohr and Hosen (2013) expand on this statement by adding the need to eat economically to support physical labor. Likewise, both also linked experimentation with ethnic and exotic foods to those of higher classes and educational levels. The familiarity of the image of the family all sitting down to eat dinner together suggested an opportunity for those of the middle class to teach family life and manners (Murcott,