Catering in the Food Industry
The focus of this report is on catering within the food industry. The history of catering and a great deal of the history of the food industry in America are simply taken for granted. Consider that pasta and chicken are now normally accepted cuisine for any modern or typical catered affair. But, in the midst of the mass Italian migration into New York and Boston only a century ago, pasta was as frowned upon as the Italian language and culture. Social workers used to consider it to be a troubling sign for instance when Italians were "still eating spaghetti" because this was a sign of the person or family not yet being assimilated. So, serving this type of meal back then would have made the caterer a laughing stock. By this example, there was a long-standing faith in the link between eating and identity.
To Americanize immigrants quickly for example, U.S. officials considered food as a serious psychological bridge between new citizenship and an old culture -- thus, food was a barrier to assimilation. Since the early 1900's, America has been in a constant struggle to integrate various foods and social and cultural tastes because of the many waves of immigrants. Today, this notion would be considered absurd but the history of food and catering have many such tales where foods that we now accept if served would have been considered a major insult to those being served.
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