Assignment (Do nations express themselves in their foods?)

1.) What is the main idea of the author in the essay "Do nations express themselves in their foods?"?


                  The main idea of the author is that foods in a certain place tells something about its history, the people residing in that place and a part of the their culture.


State the points that support the main idea.
         a.)  Spain, which was an Arab land for about 800 years, caters and enjoys a lot of Arab dishes.
         b.) Toronto served foods in different varieties because the people residing in there are multi-nationals.
         c.) In Europe and North America, a lot of foods are ready-to-eat. This shows how people there live('fast-moving with hardly any time to spare').