Bibliography:Almerico, Gina. 2014. “Food and Identity: Food Studies, Cultural and Personal Identity.” Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies 8. The study examines how food studies is not just about the food itself. Rather, practices and behaviors surrounding food demonstrate the economic, political, cultural, and social significance of food. Americo's study begins by examining how food shapes individual identity, using as examples the stereotypes associated with certain foods and what popular restaurant choices reveal about individuals. Furthermore, it explores how symbolic meanings and experiences related to particular foods can reveal further information about identity. Finally, food choices can define who you are and, using data collected through qualitative interviews, present the relationship between food culture and gender in three ways. First, both men and women foodies consider food a pleasure in their lives, something that women struggle to compare with the social expectation of female moderation. Furthermore, foodie women also report a high affinity for cooking food as a method of healing, compared to foodie men who see cooking for others as a source of leisure. Finally, the possession and pursuit of food knowledge are highly significant for individual identification as a foodie, particularly among male respondents. These theories are supported by extensive background research, as well as extensive qualitative interview data from a sample of the dominant foodie demographic: affluent, white, upper-middle class individuals. The author's research and discussion will be very useful for an analysis of how food practices shape gender identity, as it provides detailed research on the growing contemporary demographics and how gender influences their food choices and while the food consumption as an affirmation of gender identity is supported through numerous documents. , Furst discusses how food preparation plays a vital role in the construction of female identity, as women remain the owners of the kitchen. In particular, the ability to cook is seen as a fundamental part of women's role in the family, both as wives and mothers. Furthermore, Furst suggests that cooking extends beyond the part of identity formation to exist as a logic, where women not only cook to assert their femininity but also to provide food for others. Since cooking is a kind of unpaid work and is directly linked to the formation of gender identity, femininity is realized and maintained through the act of giving food and providing for others. Furst draws on a range of theories, including both feminist and neo-Marxist ideas, to produce an informed and in-depth argument about how both cooking and providing food for others are significant in the formation of female identity. The author's research will be useful to my studies as it provides examples and theories on how gender is constructed not only through consumption but through production as