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.

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A cuisine is a style of cooking defined by distinctive ingredients, techniques, and dishes that typically reflect a specific culture or geographic region. Understanding cuisine matters because it shows how regional food traditions combine unique preparation methods and local ingredients to create the distinctive dishes that define different cultures and places.

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Commons category: Cuisine

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Etymology
Influences on cuisine
History
Evolution of cuisine
Global cuisine
Regional diversity
African cuisine
Asian cuisines
European cuisine
Oceanian cuisine
Cuisines of the Americas
See also
References
Further reading
External links

==Etymology== Used in English since the late 18th century, the word cuisine—meaning manner or style of cooking—is borrowed from the French for 'style of cooking' (literally 'kitchen'), as originally derived from Latin coquere, 'to cook'.