Cultural Awareness of the Consumers at a Chinese Restaurant: An Anthropological Descriptive Analysis

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 111-130

  Tian, Robert Guang ^a  

^a Erskine College   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese restaurants; Cultural patterns; Eating trends; Food service

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347665094     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J038v07n01_09     Document Type: Article

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