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What best defines cultural appropriation in food?
Cooking food at home from another country
Adapting food due to ingredient availability
Taking food from another culture without credit, context,
Sharing food recipes between cultures
Which situation best represents cultural borrowing rather than appropriation?
Claiming ownership of a traditional recipe
Adapting a dish while clearly crediting its cultural roots
Renaming a traditional dish to sound more “Western”
Selling a cultural dish without acknowledging its origin
Why is power imbalance central to the appropriation debate?
Because food tastes better when globalized
Because dominant group often profit more than origin culture
Because all cultures benefit equally
Because recipes cannot be owned
Which factor has MOST influenced the historical spread of food globally?
Celebrity chefs
Trade, migration, and colonization
Food blogs
Social media
From an academic perspective, food “authenticity” is best described as:
Determined only by origin countries
Decided by restaurants
Fluid and shaped by history and exchange
Fixed and unchanging
Why are Indigenous foods often cited in appropriation debates?
They are usually unhealthy
They are unpopular
They cannot be commercialized
Communities are often excluded from economic benefits
Which modern trend raises concerns about food appropriation?
Exotic” food branding without cultural context
Ethical sourcing
Cultural food festivals
Home cooking
Why is immigrant food often discussed in cultural appropriation debates?
Immigrant cooks face stigma while outsiders gain praise
It is always copied
It lacks originality
It cannot be adapted
Which action best supports ethical cultural borrowing in food?
Changing names to attract customers
Changing names to attract customers
Removing cultural references
Educating consumers about food origins
How does social media influence cultural appropriation in food today?
It prevents food globalization
It limits food exposure
It can amplify trends without cultural understanding
It always promotes authenticity
Which statement best summarizes the academic debate?
Food sharing is neutral, but power and profit are not
All food sharing is appropriation
Food should never be shared
Cultural borrowing does not exist
