to compare and contrast

My blog is on the different cultures and there different styles of cooking. Something I can contrast my project to is the real cultures food compared to the U.S ideas of that type of food. When you compare pasta all pasta is made by essentially the same equipment using the same technology. Also, in independent taste tests conducted by Consumer Reports, Cook's Illustrated and The Washington Post, U.S. pasta either was found superior to Italian imports or the judges were unable to discern a difference between them. Another difference is that approximately 2.75 million tons of pasta is made in Italy each year, while the United States produces nearly 1.9 million tons per year. So i would think the Italians love there pasta. And to back up my opinion the average person in Italy eats more than 51 pounds of pasta every year. The average person in North America eats about 15-1/2 pounds of pasta per year. Another interesting peice of information is the Italians only eat meat a few times a month. So, when they came to America, where meat was so plentiful, they incorporated meat into their cooking more often, making meatballs an American invention. So in some ways you can kind of say they both have there differences. Now to Chinease foods it has been proven that the people of China find that textures and taste are a big part of there culture to where Americans dont like certain textures and taste that the Chinease do.