The Differences Between Chinese and Western Catering Culture 英语专业毕业论文.docVIP

专业学位英语论文 题目名称： The Differences Between Chinese and Western Catering Culture 院 （系）： 地 球 科 学 学 院 专业班级： 学 号： 201472026 指导老师： 姓 名： 时 间： 2014 年 12 月16日 The Differences Between Chinese and Western Catering Culture Abstract: Each country has its own culture, catering culture is no exception. In countries today, with more and more close contact, in order to strengthen the communication between Chinese and western countries, we must understanding and learning other countries dietetic culture, only in this way can reveal the respect between each other, strengthen the harmonious communication between countries. Chinese and western food culture have different length, we hope that through the comparison, to promote Chinese and western food culture complement each other, so as to provide more high quality food for mankind. Key words: Dietary; Structure; Tableware; Table manners; Introduction Food is so important in Chinese culture. In China, almost everyone knows the old saying Food is the first necessity of the people. Both of China and the west have established systems of food cultures although in fact the Western food culture is no so developed and mature that may not reflect the characteristics of their cultures. In china, food represents much more than food itself while in western countries it means less. Although the basic function of food is to feed people, the Chinese food and the western food only have a few things in common and more in different. So it is meaningful to make a comparison of the two kinds of food cultures. 1 Chinese and Western catering culture connotation and characteristics 1.1 The definition and features of Chinese catering culture Chinese catering culture, refers to the production and consumption of the Chinese nation in the long-term diet of practice,