Cuisine (from French cuisine, "cooking; culinary art; kitchen"; ultimately from Latin coquere, "to cook") is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture. Cuisines are often named after the geographic areas or regions that they originate from. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. Religious food laws, such as Islamic dietary laws and Jewish dietary laws, can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine. Regional food preparation traditions, customs and ingredients often combine to create dishes unique to a particular region.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Global and regional cuisines
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Noun

taste (countable and uncountable; plural tastes)

1. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.
2. (countable and uncountable): A person’s implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

   Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

3. (uncountable, figuratively): A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

Synonyms

• smack, smatch

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• African (167)
• Asian (424)
• Caribbean (45)
• European (417)

• Latin American (142)
• Middle Eastern (48)
• North American (115)
• Oceania (58)

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• Historic (41)
• Jewish (24)

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• Soups and Stews@ (284)

See also:

• Home: Cooking: Fusion (7)
• Home: Cooking: Recipe Collections (429)
• Shopping: Food: Ethnic and Regional (500)
• Shopping: Publications: Books: Food and Drink: Cookbooks: Ethnic and Regional (46)

• Margarita's International Recipes
  marga.org
  Cooking international food alphabetically: menus from Afghanistan to Belgium, and other international recipes.
• Free Tropical Recipes
  tropical-recipes.com
  Recipes from around the world, from Afghanistan to Sweden.
• Golden Recipes
  golden-recipes.com
  Recipes from all over the world, with photographs, submitted by both the site staff and users. Some emphasis on the Jordan Valley area. Also articles on food and family living.