摘 要：饮食是人类生活的重要组成部分，它也是文化发展的原动力之一。由于中美文化传统的差异，中国和美国的饮食文化有着不同的概念。中国文化历史悠久,随着改革开放的进一步发展，中国人的饮食文化也在悄然发生变化。越来越多的中国人关注食品质量而不是美味。美国是一个移民国家，饮食结构是科学合理的。本文采用对比分析的方法,收集了相关的信息资料来阐述饮食观念、饮食对象、餐桌礼仪和烹饪方法之间的差异。中国人注重“美丽团结”,但美国人高度重视“以人为本”。通过本文，希望大家可以了解中国和美国饮食文化差异，消除误解，加强沟通。

关键词：中国;美国;饮食文化;差异

Abstract：Diet is an important part in human life and it is one of the original motivation in culture development. Because of the differences of traditional culture between China and America, there are entirely different concepts of the diet culture in both of countries. As we all know, China culture has a long history, with the further development of the reform and opening-up, the diet culture has taken place quietly changes in China. More and more Chinese people are paying attention to the food quality rather than the delicious taste. However, as we all know, America is a immigrants’ country, and the diet structure is more scientific and reasonable. This paper mainly talks about the differences of the diet concepts, eating ways, and cooking methods by using comparative analysis method and gathering the relative data information. Chinese people pay attention to the “the appearance of food”, while American people pay great attention to “the health of food”. By writing this paper, I hope everyone can know about the differences of the diet culture between China and America, and then eliminate the misunderstanding and strengthen communication between the two countries.  

Key words: China; America; diet culture; difference

Contents                  

摘 要 i

Abstract ii

I. Introduction 1

II. Differences in Diet Concepts 1

 2.1 Differences in Diet Concepts 1

 2.2 Differences in Diet Objects 3

 2.3 Differences in Diet Drinking 4

2.3.1 Chinese Wine Culture 4

2.3.2 Chinese Tea Culture 4

2.3.3 America Coffee Culture 5

III. Differences in Diet Ways 5

 3.1 Differences in Eating Ways 5

 3.2 Differences in Time Conception 7

 3.3 Differences in Wearing Attitude 8

 3.4 Differences in Seat Conception 8

 3.5 Differences in Extravagance and Frugality Idea 8

 3.6 Differences in Paying the Bill Idea 9

IV. Differences in Cooking Methods 9

 4.1 Chinese Cooking Methods 9

 4.2 American Cooking Methods 10

V. Conclusion 11

Bibliography 12

Acknowledgements 13

The Differences of Diet Culture Between China and America

I. Introduction

With the pace of economic globalization marching constantly, China and America come into contact frequently. Diet culture is a very important studying topic in modern culture. It plays a crucial role in the process of the development of material culture. Because of the different natural environment, historical background and national culture, China and America formed unique food culture. In the development of history, every country has a traditional diet civilization. Each region has its own unique eating habits and finally the eating habits develop into a kind of custom, even a kind of culture. This paper mainly introduces the differences of the diet concepts, eating ways and cooking ways, and analyze the different reasons that cause these differences.

   Diet is an essential prerequisite for existence. Therefore, diet culture is an important part of life. The first part of this paper mainly talks about the differences of the diet concept between China and America in order to promote Chinese and American people to understand the diet better. The second part of this paper mainly introduces the differences of eating ways between the two countries to make people know about the different eating habits better. The last part of this paper mainly presents the differences of cooking ways between the two countries to help people know about the different diet culture of the two countries and avoid making some embarrassing situation during communicating. I hope the relationship of China and America can be promoted by learning this paper.