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November 22, 2008 5:41:29 AM CST



Fast Food Replaces Grandma's Cooking

Posted Jun 2, 07 9:54 AM CDT in World Science & Health Arts & Living Glossies 

(Newser) – Every nation has its traditional cuisines, but in today's fast-paced, globalized culture, cheap, fatty Westernized food is crowding out ancient preparations and presentations. Diets define who we are, Time reports, and in the modern world, once-unique food is becoming culturally homogenized. Global influences traditionally enriched flavors and techniques; today, the changes are less beneficial.

A large midday meal in the company of several generations of relatives is a relic of more agrarian times when women stayed home. Children fail to develop a taste for traditional flavors; instead, they want what they see on TV. And worldwide brands are truly everywhere: "I've never seen a village where you couldn't find a Coke," says one researcher.

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Children receive food at a dining room run by the Spanish NGO, Children Without Frontiers, in Matagalpa, Nicaragua May, 4, 2007. Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega will inaugurate on May 5, his new...   (Associated Press)
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