The state of gastronomy as a reflection of the needs in society

In the proposed study, the author conducted a detailed analysis of the needs in society or, in other words, social needs. Having determined that a social need is a kind of necessity, we believe that gastronomy is also a necessity, carrying a certain cultural code, of each individual in social identification. Consequently, gastronomy is a need of society and at the same time its essential characteristic. In general, speaking of needs, it must be said that their interrelated set is determined by the society in which a person is located. Even identical sets of needs of individuals belonging to different societies or even social groups have different contents. Thus, here we can say that gastronomic culture, as a need, is determined by society, while gastronomy is not a personal need, but a social one, dictated by the individual's belonging to a social group or the whole society. By carrying out actions to realize and satisfy the specified gastronomic need, a person simultaneously develops it, supplementing it with some elements, but strictly within the given framework. By the way, going beyond a certain culture, expanding its borders, can be interpreted in two ways - as a departure from traditions, or as simply scaling them. Speaking about the current state of gastronomic culture, the author defines its two essential characteristics - globalization and technologization (replacing the traditional with man-made and rationalized). These characteristics form, firstly, a new collective consciousness and memory, and, secondly, are a prerequisite for the transformation of existing nutrition practices based on human needs and the offshoot of new food strategies.