List of cuisines facts for kids
A cuisine is specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture or region. Each cuisine involves food preparation in a particular style, of food and drink of particular types, to produce individually consumed items or distinct meals. A cuisine is frequently named after the region or place where it originated. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. Religious food laws can also exercise a strong influence on such culinary practices.
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Regional and ethnic cuisines
Global cuisine is a cuisine that is practiced around the world. A cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific region, country or culture. To become a global cuisine, a local, regional or national cuisine must spread around the world with its food served worldwide.
Regional cuisine is based upon national, state or local regions. Regional cuisines may vary based upon food availability and trade, varying climates, cooking traditions and practices, and cultural differences. One noteworthy definition is based upon traditional cuisine: "A traditional cuisine is a coherent tradition of food preparation that rises from the daily lives and kitchens of a people over an extended period in a specific region of a country, or a specific country, and which, when localized, has notable distinctions from the cuisine of the country as a whole."
African cuisine
Central African cuisine
East African cuisine
- Burundian cuisine
- Djiboutian cuisine
- Eritrean cuisine
- Ethiopian cuisine
- Kenyan cuisine
- Maasai cuisine
- Rwandan cuisine
- Somali cuisine
- South Sudanese cuisine
- Tanzanian cuisine
- Ugandan cuisine
North African cuisine
Southern African cuisine
West African cuisine
Cuisine of the Americas
North American cuisine
American cuisine
- Midwestern American cuisine
- Northeastern American cuisines
- Southern American cuisine
- Southwestern American cuisine
- Western American cuisine
- Fusion cuisine
Central American cuisine
South American cuisine
Caribbean cuisine
- Anguillan cuisine
- Antigua and Barbuda cuisine
- Bahamian cuisine
- Barbadian cuisine
- Bermudian cuisine
- British Virgin Islands cuisine
- Cayman Islands cuisine
- Cuban cuisine
- Curaçao cuisine
- Dominica cuisine
- Dominican Republic cuisine
- Grenadian cuisine
- Guyanese cuisine
- Haitian cuisine
- Jamaican cuisine
- Martinican cuisine
- Montserrat cuisine
- Puerto Rican cuisine
- St. Kitts and Nevis cuisine
- Saint Lucian cuisine
- Trinidad and Tobago cuisine
- Turks and Caicos cuisine
- US Virgin Islands cuisine
Asian cuisine
Central Asian cuisine
East Asian cuisine
Chinese cuisine
- Anhui cuisine
- Beijing cuisine
- Cantonese cuisine
- Chaoshan (Teochew) cuisine
- Chiuchow cuisine
- Fujian cuisine
- Guangxi cuisine
- Guizhou cuisine
- Hainan cuisine
- Hakka cuisine
- Henan cuisine
- Hubei cuisine
- Hunan cuisine
- Jiangsu cuisine
- Jiangxi cuisine
- Liaoning cuisine
- Manchu cuisine
- Northeastern Chinese cuisine
- Putian (Henghwa) cuisine
- Shaanxi cuisine
- Shandong cuisine
- Shanghai cuisine
- Shanxi cuisine
- Sichuan cuisine
- Tianjin cuisine
- Tibetan cuisine
- Xinjiang (Uyghur) cuisine
- Yunnan cuisine
- Zhejiang cuisine
- Chinese religious cuisines
- Overseas Chinese cuisine
- American Chinese cuisine
- Australian Chinese cuisine
- Burmese Chinese cuisine
- Canadian Chinese cuisine
- Caribbean Chinese cuisine
- Filipino Chinese cuisine
- Indian Chinese cuisine
- Indonesian Chinese cuisine
- Japanese Chinese cuisine
- Latin American Chinese cuisine
- Korean Chinese cuisine
- Malaysian Chinese cuisine
- Pakistani Chinese cuisine
- Peranakan cuisine
- Singaporean Chinese cuisine
South Asian cuisine
Indian cuisine
- West Indian cuisine
- North Indian cuisine
- South Indian cuisine
- Andhra cuisine
- Hyderabadi cuisine
- Karnataka cuisine
- Kerala cuisine
- Mangalorean cuisine
- Tamil cuisine
- Telugu cuisine
- North East Indian cuisine
- East Indian cuisine
- Other Indian cuisine
Pakistani cuisine
Southeast Asian cuisine
Indonesian cuisine
West Asian cuisine
European cuisine
Central European cuisine
German cuisine
Eastern European cuisine
Northern European cuisine
- Baltic cuisines
- Cuisines of the Islands of the North Atlantic (IONA)
- Nordic cuisines
Southern European cuisine
- Cypriot cuisine
- Balkan cuisine
- Gibraltarian cuisine
- Italian cuisine
- Maltese cuisine
- Portuguese cuisine
- Sammarinese cuisine
- Spanish cuisine
- Turkish cuisine
Western European cuisine
Oceanic cuisine
- Australasian cuisine
- Melanesian cuisine
- Micronesian cuisine
- Guamanian cuisine
- Mariana Islands cuisine
- Marshallese cuisine
- Nauruan cuisine
- Palauan cuisine
- Polynesian cuisine
- Hawaiian cuisine
- Niuean cuisine
- Pascuense (Easter Island) cuisine
- Pitcairn Islands cuisine
- Samoan cuisine
- Tuvaluan cuisine
- Wallis and Futuna cuisine
Cuisine styles
- Fast food
- Fusion cuisine
- Haute cuisine
- Molecular gastronomy
- Nouvelle cuisine
- Vegan cuisine
- Vegetarian cuisine
Religious cuisines
- Buddhist cuisine
- Christian diet
- Hindu diet
- Islamic diet
- Jain diet
- Jewish cuisine
- Sikh diet
Historical cuisines
- Ancient Egyptian cuisine
- Ancient Greek cuisine
- Ancient Israelite cuisine
- Ancient Roman cuisine
- Aztec cuisine
- Byzantine cuisine
- Early modern European cuisine
- Historical Chinese cuisine
- Historical Indian cuisine
- Inca cuisine
- Maya cuisine
- Medieval cuisine
- Ottoman cuisine
- Peasant foods
- Soviet cuisine
- Thirteen Colonies cuisine
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Gastronomías del mundo para niños