Cuisine

thumb|, an originally Italian cuisine|Italian dish A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques, and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs and ingredients combine to enable dishes unique to a region.

thumb|right|250px|A recipe in a cookbook for pancakes with the prepared ingredients A recipe is a set of instructions that lists the ingredients and steps needed to prepare a specific dish or meal. A sub-recipe or subrecipe is a recipe for an ingredient that will be called for in the instructions for the main recipe. Recipe books (also called cookbooks or cookery books) are a collection of recipes, help reflect cultural identities and social changes as well as serve as educational tools.

culinary dish that is strongly associated with a particular country

type of French cuisine

thumb|A Tuber melanosporum|black Périgord truffle alt=Frog legs frying in hot oil in a black pan on a stove in France.|left|thumb|Frog legs, a well-known French delicacy, frying in a pan in France thumb|Kobe beef thumb|Wild Iranian Ossetra|Ossetra caviar thumb|Peking duck A delicacy is a rare food item that is considered highly desirable, sophisticated, or peculiarly distinctive within a given culture or region. A delicacy may have an unusual flavor or be expensive compared to everyday foods.

foods and dishes that are passed on through generations

cuisine based upon national regions

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dishes eaten by peasants

set of dishes that are eaten around the world

recipe that identifies an individual chef or restaurant

style of cooking, created by Hervé This, in which dishes are made using pure compounds instead of using animal or plant tissues

In social science, foodways are the cultural, social, and economic practices relating to the production and consumption of food. Foodways often refers to the intersection of food in culture, traditions, and history.