Hotel management : Food and food services
- New Delhi Centrum Press 2010
- vii, 236 p. Includes index
Food is any substance, composed of carbohydrates, water, fats and/or proteins, that is either eaten or drunk by any animal, including humans, for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering. today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role. Many traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions using various spices or combinations of flavours unique to that culture.