The food, eating, and nutrition practices and patterns of a society have been discussed in many ways, each of which offers different perspectives for analyses of social dynamics. Foodways is a term often used by ( 10 ) who seek to portray the traditional food and eating patterns in a society. Foodways typically denote such traditional societal practices ( 11 ) are informally transmitted and may be difficult to modify. More recently, the term food culture has been used to denote the components of a larger culture ( 12 ) food, eating, and nutrition. Both foodways and food culture have specific connotations, with foodways having more specific historical and geographical referents ( 13 ) food culture offers more universalistic and scientific connotations. To avoid the past images conjured up under foodways (and related terms such as food habits or cuisine), food culture will be used here to ( 14 ) the food, eating, and nutrition-related categories, rules, and plans used in a particular society. 【題組】14 (A)take as (B)judge from (C) refer to (D) depend on