Usually an individual keeps a deep mental and spiritual connection with his/her place of birth (let's call it “sense of homeland”); this affection determines the self-identity, creates the basis for behavior and shapes the worldview. An equally important role in this process is played by the perception or feeling of oneself within the world, that is, the “world feeling”. The greatest consideration in determining self-identification has been focused on the significant and broad ideological component, which is ideology as such, value system, religion, ethics, etiquette, etc. No less comprehensive is the physiological component, in which we highlight ecological (landscape, climate, rhythms of the seasons) and physiological (nutrition, clothing, space developing, everyday habits) aspects. The language can be attributed to both components. “The feeling of homeland” arises and is absorbed, literally, “with mother’s milk”. The term “homeland” in many languages is associated with the concepts of parents (motherland, vaterland, mère patrie, pátria). In Russian there are the versions of the term associated with both parents (motherland, fatherland) and the concept of birth (homeland). We differentiate “feeling of homeland” from “patriotism”, that is a mainly ideological (state, national, class, sectarian, local) phenomenon. The term “feeling of homeland” may have a different ideological content, but will retain the physiological one: in India, in the question of one’s origin, the term jati is most often used, which means caste, but etymologically comes from the root -ja (“to be born”). The importance of food traditions for a person’s optimistic outlook is evident. Food preferences can cause serious family conflict. This plot is a favorite theme in cinema and fiction. It is significant that interest in exotic (foreign) cuisine disappears during a person’s illness. Food habits are one of the most important, if not the main, basis in the formation of a “sense of homeland”.