Food culture is a broad concept. Some researchers generally believe that what people eat, how to do it, how to eat, the purpose of eating, the effect of eating, the concept of eating, the taste of eating and the etiquette of eating all belong to the category of food culture. I sorted out the concept and function of food etiquette for reference only, hoping to help everyone! The concept and function of catering etiquette

I. Definition of "diet"

Diet, when used as a noun, refers to various drinks and foods; When doing verbs, it refers to what to drink, what to eat, and how to drink and eat.

diet includes three parts: first, the processing and production of dietary raw materials; The second is the finished product; The third is the consumption of food and drink, that is, eating and drinking.

second, the definition of "culture"

over the past 111 years, scholars from all over the world have put forward more than 261 different views from semiotics, standardization and other angles, which can be described as different opinions.

from the etymological point of view, the word "culture" in both English and French is culture, originally from Latin culture.

Latin cultura has several meanings, such as farming, living, practicing, paying attention and worshiping god, so it has a wide range of meanings.

the word agriculture, silkculture and physicalculture in English are all composed of culture, and obviously they all have the meaning of culture.

as for the understanding of "culture", there is a consistent tendency between China and foreign countries to take a broad view, that is, the "big culture" view.

admittedly, in many definitions, the degree of breadth is different, but it has two main characteristics: broad and spiritual.

to sum up the various explanations of "culture", it can be divided into narrow sense and broad sense.

in a narrow sense, culture refers to social ideology (such as ideology, morality, fashion, religion, literature and art, science and technology, academics, etc.) and corresponding organizations and systems.

culture in a broad sense refers to the material wealth and spiritual wealth created in the historical practice of human society.

third, the definition of "food culture"

(a) the subconscious of food

China's concept of "eating" is completely different from that of the west.

Westerners' understanding of "eating" is very simple. They eat when they are hungry and eat whatever they have. China people are very particular about eating.

1. Everything in China, such as politics, economy, military affairs and social activities, is related to "eating".

2. "Eating" has a profound influence on the cultural and psychological structure of China people, and "eating" (or "eating" in classical Chinese) is endowed with various emotional colors.

People associate many things that have nothing to do with eating.

For example, being left out in the cold is called "shut the door", being favored by others is called "being popular", and being unimpeded and very popular is called "eating"; Working without fear of difficulties is called "hardship", suffering losses is called "loss", getting benefits is called "eating sweetness", and having enough food and clothing is called "eating endlessly"; Inheriting the legacy of ancestors is called "eating morality", and breaking promises is called "breaking promises and fattening".

This shows the position of "eating" in life and the influence of deep consciousness, and also reflects that China's diet mentality and cultural mentality are in harmony in its deep structure.

In traditional culture, a very important saying is "Food is the most important thing for the people".

Therefore, in order to understand the 5,111-year-old traditional culture of the Chinese nation, we must introduce the food culture.

(II) Definition of "food culture"

"food culture" is a general concept involving natural science, social science and philosophy. Since the 1981s, researchers and intellectuals have generally agreed that the academic concept of "food culture" refers to technology, science, art and diet-based customs in the process of developing and utilizing food raw materials, food production and food consumption.

human eating activities include the following contents:

food production: food raw material development (excavation, research and development, cultivation), production (planting and breeding), food processing and production (family diet, hotel restaurant catering, factory production), food and food preservation, safe storage, food utensils production, and social food production management and organization.

food life: food, food acquisition (such as buying food, food), food, food circulation, food production (such as family cooking), food consumption (eating), food social activities and food etiquette, management and organization of social food life.

eating phenomenon: human eating or various behaviors and phenomena related to it.

food thought: people's food cognition, knowledge, concept and theory.

Habits: habits, customs, traditions, etc.

Food production, food life and food image are the three basic material bases of human food activities, and it is these three basic material bases that determine the solid framework of a specific group or nation's food culture; Eating thought and habit system are the customs, traditions, psychology and thoughts in the spiritual field of human eating activities, which constitute its flesh and blood.

obviously, this is a broader understanding.

It can be simply expressed as follows: who eats, under what conditions, what to eat, how to eat, how to eat after eating, and so on.

fourth, the research content of food culture

food culture seems to be invisible, but it is tangible and valuable.

(1) Food culture is a broad concept. Some researchers generally believe that what people eat, how to do it, how to eat, the purpose of eating, the effect of eating, the concept of eating, the taste of eating and the etiquette of eating all belong to the category of food culture.

it runs through the whole process of catering enterprises' management and food activities, and is embodied in all aspects and links.

Cuisine culture, which is the basis of food culture.

people can enjoy the food culture through the carrier of food.

Snack culture is a national culture with the most national and regional characteristics and the most food culture charm.

people can appreciate the simple and honest cultural background of folk food through snacks.

Banquet culture, which is a social culture, is a comprehensive embodiment of food culture.

it has the highest cultural taste and the largest cultural content, which can best reflect the cultural level of the enterprise.

restaurant culture, which is an environmental culture.

the decoration, layout, style and mood of the restaurant will leave a deep impression on the guests, and it is the first impression.

service culture, which is an image culture-the image culture of people.

waiters are "ambassadors" who serve customers on behalf of the enterprise. Their costumes, service actions and demeanor all reflect the image of the enterprise.

marketing culture, which is a corporate culture.

it embodies the business philosophy, purpose, characteristics, marketing strategies and methods of enterprises, and is an important means for enterprises to package and sell themselves and win the market.

(2) Some people think that culinary culturology has given birth to cookery, food manufacturing, dietotherapy, dietotherapy, dietotherapy, tableware and other sciences.

(3) Wang Xuetai, a researcher at the Institute of Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences, believes that diet culture mainly refers to the relationship between diet and people and people and its social significance.

(4) Dietary culture is the knowledge about what people (or a nation) eat, what they eat, how they eat, what happens after eating, and so on.

Therefore, it consists of food raw materials (production, development, selection, classification, etc.), processing technology and manufacturing technology, preservation, food business and service, processing tools and eating utensils, and related customs, systems, psychology, thoughts, etc., which constitute a specific subject field.