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foodways

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002629

The eating habits, culinary practices, and food/health beliefs of a people, region, or historical period, focusing on the medicinal, sociological, cultural, psychological and/or historical uses of foods.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002629
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectHuman Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
Synonymsculinary heritage; food culture; food heritage; food history; food taboos; food ways
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoanthropology; human nutrition; ethnobotany; food choices; eating habits; culture and humanities; archaeobotany; food preparation; religious dietary laws; food acceptability; traditional foods; locavores; food beliefs
TranslationsSpanish: hábitos culinarios
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002629",
  "term": "foodways",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The eating habits, culinary practices, and food/health beliefs of a people, region, or historical period, focusing on the medicinal, sociological, cultural, psychological and/or historical uses of foods.",
  "synonyms": [
    "culinary heritage",
    "food culture",
    "food heritage",
    "food history",
    "food taboos",
    "food ways"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "anthropology",
    "human nutrition",
    "ethnobotany",
    "food choices",
    "eating habits",
    "culture and humanities",
    "archaeobotany",
    "food preparation",
    "religious dietary laws",
    "food acceptability",
    "traditional foods",
    "locavores",
    "food beliefs"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "hábitos culinarios"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/foodways/"
}

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