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Many cultures have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions using various spices or a combination of flavors unique to that culture, which evolves over time. Other differences include preferences (hot or cold, spicy, etc.) and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy.[citation needed 1] Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods, and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by way of food, not just by consumption. Some popular types of ethnic foods include Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, American, Cajun, Thai, African, and Indian cuisine.[citation needed 2]

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[citation needed 1] cite web|title=gastronomy|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gastronomy%7Cwebsite=Dictionary.com%7Caccessdate=20 July 2015

[citation needed 2] cite journal|last1=Hye Lee,|first1=Jee|title=Popular Ethnic Foods in the United States:A Historical and Safety Perspective|date=August 01, 2015|pages=3|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.12044/epdf%7Caccessdate=20 July 2015

Brief Description on how new content relates to topic
I have noticed when choosing the article 'Food, it listed the countries of ethnic food in the United States, however, did not talk about what are the ethnic foods of the countries listed above in United States. In this case, the article needs more explanation on the different types of ethnic foods. Therefore, i have decided to talk more in details about the ethnic foods in the United States and give a brief description of each country whether, the country being famous in the United States for its ethnic food, or vice-versa. This will help the article by explaining more about ethnic foods in the United States with a brief description of each ethnic food country in United States.

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[citation needed 1] cite journal|last1= Bradford|first1=Harry|title= Here Is The Most Disproportionately Popular Cuisine In Each State|date= 01/14/2015|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/most-popular-cuisine-state_n_6457252.html |accessdate=21 July 2015

This article provides me with the famous cuisines in United States, as well as, indicates the percentage of the cuisines whether it is higher than the national average or vice-versa.

[citation needed 2] cite journal|last1=Hye Lee,|first1=Jee|title=Popular Ethnic Foods in the United States:A Historical and Safety Perspective|date=August 01, 2015|pages=3|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.12044/epdf%7Caccessdate=20 July 2015

This article talks about the most popular ethnic foods in United States, as well as, talks about the history of them on when they have started in United States and how they grew by time. On the other hand, it gave different types of dishes each country uses as its ethnic food.

[citation needed 3] cite journal|last1= Courneen|first1=Trevor|title= "Ethnic" Foods That Are Totally American|date= May 5, 2015 |url= http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/ethnic-foods-that-are-totally-american.html%7Caccessdate=21 July 2015

This is a magazine that includes all the different types of famous cuisines in United States and there popular ethnic foods. This will help the new content by adding some of the dishes to the popular ethnic food countries in United States.

Food Article 1:
Many cultures have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions using various spices or a combination of flavors unique to that culture, which evolves over time. Other differences include preferences (hot or cold, spicy, etc.) and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods, and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by way of food, not just by consumption. Some popular types of ethnic foods include Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, American, Cajun, Thai, African, and Indian cuisine.

cite journal|last1= Courneen|first1=Trevor|title= "Ethnic" Foods That Are Totally American|date= May 5, 2015 |url= http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/ethnic-foods-that-are-totally-american.html|accessdate=21 July 2015

Italian Ethnic Food
= Italian Ethnic food is large in the Untied States, where the cuisines are locally categorized by region. For example, the Tuscany cuisine are known for their steak alla fiorentina and ribollita with panzanella, whereas, the Laziocuisine cuisines are known for their spaghetti all carbonara and artichokes all Roman. This makes the Italian Ethnic cuisines different than others by having more than one ethnic food category.

French Ethnic Food
French Ethnic food has been introduced in the United States, however, is not big compared to the Italian, Japanese, and Chinese Ethnic food.

Japanese Ethnic Food
Japanese Ethnic food is is large in the United States, where the cuisines are locally varied by region, in comparison to the Italian Ethnic Food in the United States. For example, the Hokkaido cuisine are know for their specialities such as, ishikari - nabe and genghis khan, whereas, the Tohoku cuisine are known for their sasakamaboko, wink-soba, and kiritanpo.

Chinese Ethnic Food
Chinese Ethnic food started at 1848 in the United States, which from then the Chinese ethnic food has been known in worldwide.

American Ethnic Food
American Ethnic Food is completely difference than the above ethnic food countries. The American ethnic food has a completely another way of cooking style. For example, celebrities are known for the American Ethnic food.

Cajun Ethnic Food, Thai Ethnic Food, African Ethnic Food, Indian Ethnic Food
Cajun, Thai, African, and Indian ethnic food are similar to the French ethnic food, where they have been introduced in the United States, hoverer, is not big compared to the Italian, Japanese, and Chinese ethnic food.

Search Strategy
Search tools used: Mount Saint Vincent Library home page, Google books, OnlineLibrary.wiley, Google.com, Wikipedia reference page.


 * Choosing a category within the mount saint vincent library website has helped me to narrow my research and find the most reliable and best sources of research.
 * In my Food search most of my search terms were connected with AND, tried to connect them with OR but it was harder to find the article that i was looking for. Therefore, i have used the key terms, Food And Ethnic And popular.
 * have checked the article on the Wikipedia page for the resource list. This has helped with my research and finding the right headings for the article.
 * I included the term food management which was not as effective as i thought it would be.

Hi Hmohamed240997!

I thought these articles may be useful to you, the first one is a study done on gastromony blogs and how it will affect users intentions on tasting certain foods.

Wang, H. (2011). Exploring the factors of gastronomy blogs influencing readers' intention to taste. International Journal Of Hospitality Management, 30(3), 503-514. doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.07.009 http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.msvu.ca/science/article/pii/S0278431910000915

Ampo00182 (talk) 15:12, 26 July 2015 (UTC)