People will connect to their cultural group through similar food patterns. Immigrants often use food as     1     means of keeping their identity. People from different backgrounds eat different food. The areas     2     families live influence food likes and dislikes.

Food items themselves have meaning     3    (attach)to them. In many Western countries, a box of chocolates would be viewed as an appropriate gift. The receiver of the gift would react     4    (different)to a gift of cabbages or carrots. In other countries, however, chocolates might be a less appropriate gift.

Nations or countries are often linked     5    certain food. For example, many people think of Italy when eating pizza. Some families in the United States prefer to eat meat and potatoes. Corns     6    (eat)by families in the southern United States.     7    (region)food habits do exist, but they also change over time. Families move to other locations,     8    (bring)their food preferences with them. They may use some local     9    (ingredient)to try their old recipes, or experiment with new recipes. Because people and food are mobile,     10    (try)to define a country’s culture by what they eat is often inaccurate.