In the popular book Eat, Pray, Love, the author Elizabeth Gilbert explores three countries in terms of their cuisine and religious and sacred rituals. Gilbert uses the book to connect food to which type of need?

Answer: To connect food with pleasure.

Explanation:

In the movie Eat, Pray and Love you can see every meaning it has for Elizabeth to visit these three countries: Italy, India, and Indonesia. Italy was the first country to visit. Elizabeth visits Italy because this country is characterized by its excellent cuisine.

Elizabeth in Italy by eating a delicious pasta connects this with what is a pleasure. The pleasure of simply sitting down and enjoying a meal without thinking about what others will say or if the clothes will fit well after eating.

Many times people do not take the time to enjoy the simple things in life. Sometimes the speed of daily living takes away the pleasure of enjoying those little moments. Elizabeth in Italy enjoys all that Italy has to offer. For the first time she allows herself to eat without any fault, she doesn't care how her clothes are going to look after she has eaten all the rich Italian cuisine has to offer.

Eating is one of the greatest pleasures in life and many times people are banned due to certain convictions they have. Elizabeth on her trip to Italy left her worries and decided to enjoy everything the country has to offer.