In 1943, Abraham Maslow proposed a theory called "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" in the field of psychology. Food, placed at the lowest level of the hierarchy, represents one of the main physiological needs of man for survival. From my point of view, food is a medium that holds all the meanings of other levels and is transmitted with cultural transmission. In books by Sheila Ferguson, Martha Stewart, and Julia Child, it seems like they are all about cooking a particular type of food as well as enjoying it. In fact, they really convey the idea that food is not only the food itself, but also the people who have shaped a unique personality due to their particular social status and the different meaning they give to food. food. Let us quote Fernadez-Armesto: “…that we eat not because we need them to stay alive, but because we want them to change us for the better: we want them to give us a part of their virtue ". (27) “Virtue”, I think, indicates the meaning that people have previously endowed and we want to share the wisdom of ancestors about the meaning of food. So, cooking in a certain way represents an altitude of insisting on one's own lifestyle; it will be passed down from generation to generation. These three authors each describe a different type of cuisine, refined French cuisine of the artistic type, thoughtful black family soul cooking, and delicate cooking while the hostess cooks, these distinctions are created by the different social status of the person. who invented and cooked. As an old imperialist country, France, the luxury trend is embodied in extravagant meals. Because these meals were served to hedonistic, fussy and vain lords or aristocracies, French cuisine should therefore be able to show higher social status and power...... middle of paper ......sed 23 May 2012. < https://resources.oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/group/SU12-BL-ENG-W350-1974/Primary%20Sources%20for%20Critical%20Essay/Julia%20Child%2C%20Mastering% 20the %20Art%20of%20French%20Cooking.pdf >Martha Stewart, Entertaining, 1982. Accessed May 23, 2012. Sheila Ferguson, Soul Food, 1994. Accessed May 23, 2012. < https://resources.oncourse.iu. edu/access /content/group/SU12-BL-ENG-W350-1974/Primary%20Sources%20for%20Critical%20Essay/Sheila%20Ferguson%2C%20Soul%20Food.pdf>Abraham Maslow, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, 1943. Accessed May 23, 2012. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs.svg>Tom Standage, A History of the World in Six Glasses, 2005.