There are some differences and similarities about food culture between the United States and China. Both America and China have many varieties of food. Beef and chicken are the meat that Americans like most, but Chinese people have more choices for meat such as lamb, fish, pork, and duck. For vegetables, American people and Chinese people have almost same types of choices. Lettuces, broccoli, tomatoes, and cucumbers are most common to see in both America and China. Chinese people have more cooking styles than American. Both American and Chinese people usually fry, bake, and boil food. Chinese people especially like to steam, and stew food. American cooks prefer to keep original taste of food. In the opposite, Chinese cooks like to put a lot of onions, garlic, gingers, and peppers to support cooking. Both American food and Chinese food are balanced about nutrition. However, the fried chicken and stewed pork are more attractive for people. Therefore, Americans and Chinese are easy to get fat and have hight risk of heart attack. People from all over the world think that neither Americans nor Chinese have good diet. To sum up, these similarities and differences make food cultures be colorful.
Citation: Baozi,https://smokeytower.wordpress.com/tag/baozi/ July 17, 2015, November 11, 2015
Caption: Baozi is a typical steamed food in China, and Americans don't usually use this cook style.
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