International business cultures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOOD & LIFESTYLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepared by

Joe Johnbosco

 

 

 

 

BUAD 878-050

October 20th, 2004

 

 

Philly Cheese Steak

Philly Cheese Steak is famous in United States.  It is famous that during the presidential elections Washington Post (newspaper) had an article starting with the news about Sen. John Kerry eating Philly Cheese Steak in Philadelphia. The same article mentioned how the steak is eaten as “throwing fistfuls of steak into the gaping maw, fingers dripping -- that's the proper way”.

 

 

Philly Hoagies

Philly Hoagies are made with the freshest lettuce, Tomatoes, and Onions topped on a roll.  Hoagies are part of the Baseball and football games.

 

 

French Fries

French fries are common in most of the fast food and lunch menus in United States.   There are variations of French fries.

Soft Pretzels

Soft pretzels are also famous in this area.   People have them as breakfast or as snack.   They taste good.  Most of the people eat them with mustard on top of the pretzels. A good pretzel is soft and chewy, not hard and difficult to bite. In addition, the pretzel has coarse salt that has not melted.

 

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Pizza

Pizza is one of the common food people have for lunch or dinner.   It is convenient to order pizza and eat in a hurry.  In children’s birthday parties it is really common to see Pizza.  It is hard to see a child’s birthday party without pizza.  Every child loves to eat pizza.

 

 

New York Cheesecake

New York City's delis are famous for their cheesecake.  The cheesecakes are famous and delicious.  

 

Carnegie Deli New York cheesecakes


Donuts / Dough Nuts

Donuts or Dough Nuts are common to be seen in work places at meetings and conferences.  It is easy to pick one and eat them for breakfast or for snacks.   The donuts or dough nuts are soft and sweet in United States.