In the chapter from Eat the City by Robin Shulman, sugar is brought to the forefront of food culture, and specifically many ways in which sugar and the sugar industry has affected Puerto Rican society. That “sugar-culture” is highlighted in part by the slang sayings people from that society might have used, incorporating food and industry into their speech (172-173). Food, especially when it is so prominent as sugar was to Puerto Ricans, has a way of permeating many more aspects of society than just the dinner table or the kitchen. Food sticks its nose into industry, social status, and even speech. Where does food get this ability to enter into so many aspects of society? Why do people bring food into so many areas of culture, many of which, at least on the surface, seem to not have much to do with food at all?