cuisine
Sign in to savethumb|, 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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- 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
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.
==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'.