Cuisine Diversity Benefit to Immigrant receiving countries
"But immigrants causally improve at least one form of culture prized by snobs and philistines alike: cuisine. And if we’re being honest, don’t most Americans care more about food than literature and museums?" -Bryan Caplan from his paper, Why Should We Restrict Immigration?
SUMMARY: This article describes that one of the chief benefits of regionally diverse immigration is the diversity of a wide variety of culinary styles--cuisines. The culinary diversity that immigrants bring to the U.S., directly affects natives’ day-to-day food options in supermarkets and restaurants. The article continues to describe that culinary or cuisine diversity does not require so-called “high-skilled” immigration. Low-skilled immigrants can be involved in food preparation, because it requires techniques that are generally taught to and understood by people across the “skills” spectrum. The article concludes by mentioning that open borders will promote immigration from a wide variety of countries, therefore improving cuisine diversity.
ANALYSIS: Cuisine diversity seems to be a successful concept in the U.S., providing citizens with a wide array of international food options. Therefore, this integration of foreign cuisines has lead to integration of the two cultures. The majority of the food eaten in America is considered "international" because the preparation styles arrived with settlers from various countries. As a result, this has created a melting pot of cultural food options within the U.S. Different immigrant groups have introduced a wide array of cuisine, that over time, has become apart of American culture itself. U.S. citizens also show appreciance for the different food styles, which provides American with a more worldly exposure to different cultures--especially in regards to food. Cultural food and restaurants are now normalized and supported to this day through the gradual integration of foreign customs.
ANALYSIS: Cuisine diversity seems to be a successful concept in the U.S., providing citizens with a wide array of international food options. Therefore, this integration of foreign cuisines has lead to integration of the two cultures. The majority of the food eaten in America is considered "international" because the preparation styles arrived with settlers from various countries. As a result, this has created a melting pot of cultural food options within the U.S. Different immigrant groups have introduced a wide array of cuisine, that over time, has become apart of American culture itself. U.S. citizens also show appreciance for the different food styles, which provides American with a more worldly exposure to different cultures--especially in regards to food. Cultural food and restaurants are now normalized and supported to this day through the gradual integration of foreign customs.