Food choices are influenced by social class, but this hilariously awful survey won't get it right

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Food is an important part of culture and identity. Your food preferences a marker of who you are and where you come from, of ethnicity and region and generation and class. What are your thoughts about fried food, organic food, carbonated soft drinks (whatever you call them, because region matters there)? Do you eat pasteurized processed cheese or cave-aged gruyere? What does an everyday meal look like for you, and what does a celebration meal look like? If you could afford to eat at any restaurant in the country, would it have a Michelin star? Do you know what a Michelin star is?

None of these preferences just happen. They’re shaped by our backgrounds and social groups and, yes, what we can afford. But what we can afford might change while our food preferences remain largely shaped by those other factors, showing the power of class and culture and ethnicity.

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