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cuisine A cuisine (from French languageFrench ''cuisine'', meaning "cooking; culinary art; kitchen"; itself from Latin ''coquina'', meaning the same; itself from the Latin verb ''coquere'', meaning "to cook") is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a place of origin. ReligionReligious food laws can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. (For example, the "Asian" dish chop suey clearly reflected the adaptation of Chinese immigrant cooking styles to the different ingredients available in North America.)
Introduction - The last century or so has produced enormous improvements in food production, preservation, storage and shipping. Today almost every locale in the world has access to not only its traditional cuisine, but also to many other world cuisines, as well. New cuisines are constantly evolving, as certain aesthetics rise and fall in popularity among professional chefchefs and their clientele.In addition to food, a cuisine is also often held to include beveragebeverages, including wine, liquor, tea, coffee and other drinks. Increasingly, experts hold that it further includes the raw ingredients and original plants and animals from which they come. The Slow Food movement is a global effort to preserve local plants, animals, and techniques of food preparation. It has 70,000 adherents in 50 countries.There are also different cultural attitudes to food, for example: In India, consumption of food is regarded as an offering, a ''Yajna''. Thus the stomach is considered to be a ''homagunda'' (holy fire) and all the food consumed is an offering to the holy fire. In Japan, Tea drinking is a fine-art and there is an elaborate ceremonial about it. Not drinking tea in the right way is considered to be an act of barbarianism.The following section is an overview of world cuisines. It is incomplete. It is organized roughly by geographical area, starting in the Western hemisphere and working Eastward and from North to South. Please help complete it.
Cuisines of the Americas - Cuisines of The Americasthe Americas are based on the cuisines of the countries from which the immigrationimmigrant peoples came, primarily Europe. However, the traditional European cuisine has been adapted to a greater or lesser degree and many local ingredients and techniques have been added to the tradition.
Cuisines of Canada - ''See also: Canadian cuisineCanadian cuisines '' Cuisine of Atlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada Canadian Chinese cuisineCanadian Chinese cuisine Fast food of CanadaFast food Cuisine of the First NationsFirst Nations Fusion cuisine of CanadaFusion Cuisine of QuebecQuébécois Cuisine of TorontoToronto Cuisine of VancouverVancouver Vegetarian cuisine of CanadaVegetarian
Cuisines of the United States (''including Puerto Rico'') - ''See also: Cuisine of the United States'' Chinese American cuisineChinese American Barbecue Cuisine of CaliforniaCalifornia Euro-asian cuisine (''a type of Fusion cuisine'') Fast food Floribbean Cuisine of KentuckyKentucky Cuisine of HawaiiHawaii Cuisine of the MidwestMidwest Native American cuisine#Native American Cuisine of the United_StatesNative American Cuisine of New EnglandNew England Cuisine of New York CityNew York City Cuisine of the Pennsylvania DutchPennsylvania Dutch Cuisine of Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Southern US cuisineSouthern states* Cajun cuisineCajun* Louisiana Creole cuisineCreole* Soul food* Tex-Mex cuisineTex-Mex Cuisine of the SouthwestSouthwest
Cuisines of the Caribbean - ''See also: Cuisine of the Caribbean'' Cuisine of CubaCuba Cuisine of Dominican republicDominican republic Cuisine of JamaicaJamaica Cuisine of Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Cuisines of Latin America - ''See also: Latin American cuisine, Cuisine of South America'' Cuisine of MexicoMexico Cuisine of Costa RicaCosta Rica Cuisine of NicaraguaNicaragua:* Vaho* Churrasco** Chimichurri Cuisine of ArgentinaArgentina Cuisine of the AndesAndes Cuisine of BrazilBrazil Peruvian cuisinePeru
Cuisines of Europe - ''See also: Cuisine of Europe''
Cuisines of Northern Europe - Cuisine of AustriaAustrian Cuisine of BelgiumBelgium British cuisineBritish* Modern British cuisineModern British Cuisine of DenmarkDenmark Cuisine of GermanyGermany Cuisine of FinlandFinland French cuisineFrench* Provencal cuisineProvencal Cuisine of HungaryHungary Polish cuisinePolish Russian cuisineRussian Slovak cuisine Slovakia Cuisine of SwedenSweden
Cuisines of the Mediterranean - ''See also: Cuisine of the Mediterranean'' Cuisine of PortugalPortugal Cuisine of SpainSpain* Cuisine of CataloniaCatalonia Cuisine of ItalyItaly excluding Sicily Cuisine of SicilySicily Cuisine of LebanonLebanon Cuisines of the Balkans* Cuisine of AlbaniaAlbania* Bulgarian cuisineBulgaria* Cuisine of CroatiaCroatia* Cuisine of GreeceGreece* Cuisine of TurkeyTurkey* Cuisine of SerbiaSerbia Cuisine of ArmeniaArmenia
Cuisines of Africa - ''See also: Cuisine of Africa'' Cuisine of West AfricaWest Africa Cuisine of EthiopiaEthiopia Cuisine of MoroccoMorocco Cuisine of South AfricaSouth Africa
Cuisines of the Middle East - ''See also: Cuisine of the Middle East'' KashrutKosher cuisine Cuisine of LebanonLebanon Persian cuisine Arab cuisine
Cuisines of Indian Subcontinent - Cuisines of the Indian subcontinent includes cuisines from the peninsular region of South Asia, which includes India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, usually also Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. One characteristic component of the cuisines of these regions is rice and curry dishes. ''See also: Cuisine of India'' India* ''North Indian cuisines''** PunjabiPunjabi cuisine** KashmiriKashmiri cuisine** BenarsiBenarsi cuisine * ''South Indian cuisines''** KeralaKerala cuisine** AndhraAndhra cuisine** CanareseCanarese cuisine** TamilianTamilian cuisine* ''West Indian cuisines''** MaharashtrianMaharashtrian cuisine ** MalvaniMalvani cuisine** GoanGoan cuisine** Rajasthani cuisineRajasthani/GujaratGujarati cuisine* ''East Indian Cuisines''** Bengali cuisineWest Bengali Cuisine** Assamese cuisine Bangladesh*Bengali cuisineBangladeshi cuisine Pakistan* Cuisine of PakistanPakistani cuisine Sri Lanka* Cuisine of Sri LankaSri Lankan cuisine
Cuisines of East Asia - ''See also: Cuisine of Asia'' Cuisine of ChinaChina* Chinese Buddhist cuisineChinese Buddhist* Cantonese cuisineCantonese* Chiuchow cuisineChiuchow* Hakka cuisineHakka* Hunan cuisineHunan* Chinese Islamic cuisineIslamic* Mandarin cuisineMandarin* Shanghai cuisineShanghai* Szechuan cuisineSzechuan* Taiwanese cuisineTaiwanese Cuisine of CambodiaCambodia Cuisine of IndonesiaIndonesia Cuisine of JapanJapan Cuisine of KoreaKorea Cuisine of LaosLaos Cuisine of MalaysiaMalaysia* Penang cuisinePenang* Ipoh cuisineIpoh Cuisine of MongoliaMongolia Cuisine of PhilippinesThe Philippines Cuisine of SingaporeSingapore Cuisine of ThailandThailand Cuisine of TibetTibet Cuisine of VietnamVietnam
Cuisines of Oceania - Cuisine of AustraliaAustraliaCuisine of HawaiiHawaii Cuisine of FijiFiji New Zealand cuisineNew Zealand Cuisine of PolynesiaPolynesia Nauruan cuisineNauru
Non-regional cuisines - Fast Food, and its nemesis Slow Food which preserves regional cuisines Fusion cuisine Jewish cuisine Living foods diet Vegan cuisine Vegetarian cuisine
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