Cultural Food Models

“Food and language are the cultural habits humans learn first and the ones they change with the greatest reluctance”
Donna Gabaccia, historian

Community Educators want cultural food models representing food practices of:

Jamaicans Haitians Caribbeans West Indians
Africans Mexicans Ecuadorians East Indians
Asian Indians Pakistanis Russians Jews
Bangladesh
We need your help!

Please find out from your participants what their everyday foods or food products are.

If possible, obtain photos from your workshops, or from your family gatherings. Find out the ingredients (don’t need exact recipes).

We’ll make the model!

Print in Color – print double sided – laminate – and cut – each gives two models

Spanish/English Nutrient Fact Labels

 BBQ Chicken Wings Mofongo-Smashed Garlic Plantains Pastelon-Sweet Plaintain Lasagna  Rice and Beans
Sancocho-Meat and Vegetable Stew Stewed Chicken with Vegetables  Fried Ripe Plantains  Flan (dessert)
Coquito (coconut eggnog) Arroz Con Gandules (Rice with Green Pigeon Peas) Alcapurria (plantain fritters) Adobo
Morir Soñando (milk and orange juice beverage) Corn Bread
Pan de Maiz
Rice Pudding
Arroz con Leche

Chinese/English Nutrient Fact Labels

Bok Choy  Chives  Chili Radish (side dish) Dry Seaweed
Bitter Melon Winter Melon Dried Almond Seed
Brown Candy Read Bean Ice Bar (dessert)  Pocky (dessert)  Almond Tofu (dessert)
Sesame Pancake (breakfast or lunch) Dumplings (breakfast or lunch) Chinese Twist Cruller (breakfast)  Glutinous Rice Ball (dessert)
Chicken Marinade Chicken and Ham Broth Chicken Flavored Broth Mix
Brown Rice White Rice Tofu Soybean Milk
Spicy Ramen Instant Noodles Shanghai Rice Noodle Preserved Duck Egg (side dish)
Chinese Spinach Steamed Bun (breakfast) Glutinous Rice Shumai Dumpling Steamed Bun Red Bean Bun
Rice Vermicelli Vermicelli (bean thread) Vegetable Wonton Green Onion Pancake
Soy Sauce (flavoring) Miso Paste (flavoring) Hoisin Sauce Hoisin Sauce (other)
Instant Sesame Paste Bean Curd Sauce Mushroom Flavored Superior Dark Soy Sauce Corn Starch
Dumpling Sauce Oyster Sauce Lemon Grass Sauce

Jewish Foods Nutrient Fact Labels

Matzah Chocolate Rugelach Vanilla Rugelach

Islands in the Caribbean Nutrient Fact Labels

Jamaican Beef Patty Paratha Roti (Buss Up Shut) Fou Fou (African/Jamaican) Stuffed Breadfruit
Oil Down Breadfruit

American Nutrient Fact Labels

Peach Cobbler