List of cuisines explained

A cuisine is a 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.

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,^[1] often associated with a specific region, country^[2] 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.^[3] Regional cuisines may vary based upon food availability and trade, varying climates, cooking traditions and practices, and cultural differences.^[4] 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."^[4]

African cuisine

See main article: List of African cuisines.

North African cuisine

See also: Maghrebi cuisine.

West African cuisine

See main article: West African cuisine.

Cuisine of the Americas

See main article: List of cuisines of the Americas.

• Latin American cuisine
• Native American cuisine
  • Inuit cuisine
  • Tlingit cuisine

North American cuisine

American cuisine

South American cuisine

See main article: South American cuisine.

Caribbean cuisine

See main article: Caribbean cuisine.

Asian cuisine

See main article: List of Asian cuisines.

Central Asian cuisine

See main article: Central Asian cuisine.

East Asian cuisine

Chinese cuisine

See main article: Chinese cuisine.

Highland Asian cuisine

• Bhutanese cuisine
• Mongolian cuisine
  • Buryat cuisine
  • Kalmyk cuisine
• Sikkimese cuisine
• Tibetan cuisine
• Tuvan cuisine

South Asian cuisine

See main article: South Asian cuisine.

Indian cuisine

See main article: Indian cuisine.

Pakistani cuisine

See main article: Pakistani cuisine.

Maritime Southeast Asian cuisine

• Bruneian cuisine
• Christmas Island cuisine
• East Timor cuisine
• Filipino cuisine
  • Filipino-American cuisine
  • Filipino Chinese cuisine
  • Ilocano cuisine
  • Kapampangan cuisine
  • Mindanao cuisine
  • Tagalog cuisine
  • Visayan cuisine
• Malaysian cuisine
  • Arab cuisine
  • Eurasian cuisine
  • Malay cuisine
  • Malaysian Chinese cuisine
  • Malaysian Indian cuisine
  • Peranakan cuisine
  • Sabahan cuisine
  • Sarawakian cuisine
• Singaporean cuisine

Indonesian cuisine

See main article: Indonesian cuisine.

West Asian cuisine

See main article: West Asian cuisine.

See also: Arab cuisine.

European cuisine

See main article: List of European cuisines.

Central European cuisine

See main article: Central European cuisine.

See also: Alpine cuisine.

German cuisine

See main article: German cuisine.

Eastern European cuisine

See main article: Eastern European cuisine.

Southern European cuisine

See also: Mediterranean cuisine.

See also: Mediterranean diet.

Western European cuisine

Oceanic cuisine

See main article: Oceanic cuisine.

Cuisine Styles

• Fast food
• Fusion cuisine
• Haute cuisine
• Molecular gastronomy
  • Note by Note cuisine
• Nouvelle cuisine
• Vegan cuisine
  • • Vegetarian cuisine Indian vegetarian cuisine
• Street food

Historical cuisines

See main article: List of historical cuisines.

Notes and References

1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cuisine Cuisine (definition)
2. Web site: Cuisine (definition) . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215195627/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/cuisine?q=cuisine . dead . 15 December 2013 . Oxford Dictionaries . 2013-05-26.
3. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/region "Region."
4. http://www.eldrbarry.net/hatr/eldrcuis.htm "The American Food Revolutions: Cuisines in America."