European Food Culture

Different part of Europe and its dishes

European culinary culture as we know was a mix of dishes that are inherited from the medieval cuisine that is, the food, the cooking methods and the eating habit. Food customs are commonly related to religion, culture, wealth and region. Long time ago, as meat was very expensive, it was only served to nobility and for middle and low case people vegetables, oats, barley and rye were served. As time passes and with the discovery of the New World, new trades with Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East became the major influence of the European countries. India has contributed the most to make European cuisine what it is now with the introduction of maize, chili, pepper, cocoa, vanilla, tomato coffee, tea

This is due to the new trade and the influences that other countries have brought to the European countries. Furthermore in this assignment I will talk mostly on different part of Europe and its main dishes together with the factors that have influence the European Culinary tradition and how to sustain it.

Factors influencing European Culinary culture

There are many factors that can influence European culinary culture such as climates, the culture of a country, the evolution of the country, resources available, education, immigrants, geographical area and governmental aids. But more into depth I will take into consideration factors that influence the European Culinary Culture by using PESTLE Analysis to have a clear view on the environment and in which it is operating so that we can take advantage of the opportunities and minimize the treats. It is also an efficient tool to make us think about the wider environment and what might happen now and in the

In 1957 in the European countries there was a common agricultural policy that was launched to respond to food shortage during and after World War II. Since that day several European countries would all follow this policy. The main aim of this policy is to increase productivity and ensure a regular food supply across Europe, improve farmer’s standards of living and stabilize market prices at a level favorable to farmers and reasonable to customers. To fulfill this aim a price support policies was launched so as to help local farmers to put a price on a particular product and discourage farmers from another countries to put a lower price to that particular product. Thus a higher price was set for any imports and would maintained a heavily taxing on the products. The European Commission was helping local farmers in the low pricing of their products and also encourage them to cultivate more and if the farmers could not be able to sell all their products the European Commission will definitely buy the rest and will also put big import tax on the products sold by foreign farmers. But sometime by helping the farmers to much, they tend to produce more than the quotas required. So they were penalized for producing too much and need to set aside. On the other, farmers can receive substantial income for setting aside their land