How Street Food Is Affecting American Culture

You might enjoy an epicurean food at a sit down restaurant but have you tasted authentic street food? Street food is growing rapidly in every corner of the world and it has its own unique stories from different cultural perspectives whether from Mexico to India. I think street food brings out the best of what each particular cultural has to offer to our society and it helps society become stronger than ever. It can encourage individuals to make a difference to society by creating entrepreneurs who can help with the economy. On the other hand, there is some polemic about street food regarding microbial contamination and government implementation to move them indoors. I will analyze on how street food has affected society, from local streets to glocalization, from the streets of developing countries in Asia to the streets of New York and Chicago.

INTRODUCTION

Street food are defined as ready-to-eat foods and beverage prepared and or sold by vendors and other places for immediate consumption or at later stage without any further processing or preparation. It creates and is refined by social dynamics, anthropological changes, economic developments, political conflicts and cultural identities of social groups, communities and nations. In many countries there are opportunities to taste local good by buying from the many food vendors who collect where hungry spectators can grab a bite as they go about their business. The purpose of this study was to look at the diversity of street food in different corners of the continent that has affected the local communities in New York, Chicago, in developing counties in a way that is unthinkable with improving socio-economic eminence to food