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Cuisine (from French cuisine, "cooking; culinary art; kitchen"; ultimately from Latin coquere, "to cook") is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions,^[1] often associated with a specific culture. Cuisines are often named after the geographic areas or regions that they originate from.^[2] 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.^[3]

History

There have been many significant improvements during the last century in food preservation, storage, shipping and production.^[5] Today, most countries, cities and regions have access to their traditional cuisines and many other global cuisines,^[5] and new cuisines continue to evolve in contemporary times. An example is fusion cuisine, which combines elements of various culinary traditions while not being categorized per any one cuisine style, and generally refers to the innovations in many contemporary restaurant cuisines since the 1970s.^[6]

Cuisine can be stated as the foods and methods of food preparation traditional to a region or population.^[2] The major factors shaping a cuisine are climate, which in large measure determines the native raw materials that are available, economic conditions, which affect trade and can affect food distribution, imports and exports, and religious or sumptuary laws, under which certain foods are required or proscribed.

Climate also affects the supply of fuel for cooking; a common Chinese food preparation method was cutting food into small pieces to cook foods quickly and conserve scarce firewood and charcoal. Foods preserved for winter consumption by smoking, curing, and pickling have remained significant in world cuisines for their altered gustatory properties even when these preserving techniques are no longer strictly necessary to the maintenance of an adequate food supply.

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References

^ "Cuisine." Thefreedictionary.com. Accessed June 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The American Food Revolutions: Cuisines in America." Eldrbarry.net. Accessed June 2011.
^ "Rediscover the flavors and traditions of true American cuisine!" Whatscookingamerica.net. Accessed June 2011.
^ Rajvanshi, Anil K. (2004). "Nature Conservation + Spirituality = Sustainability." Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute . Google Documents. Accessed July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Humans." Solarnavigator.net. Accessed June 2011.
^ Lindsey, Robert (1985-08-18)). "California Grows Her Own Cuisine". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Additional sources

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MacVeigh, Jeremy (2008). International Cuisine. Delmar Cengage Learning; 1st edition. ISBN 1-4180-4965-4.
Nenes, Michael F; Robbins, Joe (2008). International Cuisine. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, John & Sons; 1st edition. ISBN 0-470-05240-6.
Zobel, Myron (1962.) "Global cuisine: being the unique recipes of the 84 top restaurants of the world." Patron Press.
California Culinary Academy (2001). In the World Kitchen: Global Cuisine from California Culinary Academy. Bay Books (CA). ISBN 1-57959-506-5.
Scarparto, Rosario (2000.) "New global cuisine: the perspective of postmodern gastronomy studies." Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Albala, Ken (2011.) Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9

External links

Wikibooks Cookbook

[1] "Cuisine." Thefreedictionary.com. Accessed June 2011.

[cuisine-2] "The American Food Revolutions: Cuisines in America." Eldrbarry.net. Accessed June 2011.

[3] "Rediscover the flavors and traditions of true American cuisine!" Whatscookingamerica.net. Accessed June 2011.

[4] Rajvanshi, Anil K. (2004). "Nature Conservation + Spirituality = Sustainability." Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute . Google Documents. Accessed July 2011.

[solar-5] "Humans." Solarnavigator.net. Accessed June 2011.

[NYT-6] Lindsey, Robert (1985-08-18)). "California Grows Her Own Cuisine". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 Climate also affects the supply of fuel for cooking; a common Chinese food preparation method was cutting food into small pieces to cook foods quickly and conserve scarce firewood and charcoal. Foods preserved for winter consumption by [[Smoking (cooking)|smoking]], [[Curing (food preservation)|curing]], and [[pickling]] have remained significant in [[Global cuisines|world cuisines]] for their altered gustatory properties even when these preserving techniques are no longer strictly necessary to the maintenance of an adequate food supply.
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-==Global and regional cuisines==
-[[File:Food from Turkey (cropped).jpg|thumb|175px|left|[[Turkish cuisine|Turkish]] cuisine]]
-[[Global cuisines]] can be categorized by various regions according to the common use of major foodstuffs, including [[grain]]s, [[produce]] and cooking [[fat]]s. [[Regional cuisine]]s may vary based upon food availability and trade, cooking traditions and practices, and [[culture|cultural]] differences.<ref name="cuisine"/> For example, in Central and South America, corn ([[maize]]), both fresh and dried, is a [[staple food]]. In northern Europe, [[wheat]], [[rye]], and fats of animal origin predominate, while in southern Europe [[olive oil]] is ubiquitous and [[rice]] is more prevalent. In Italy the cuisine of the north, featuring [[butter]] and rice, stands in contrast to that of the south, with its wheat [[pasta]] and olive oil. China likewise can be divided into rice regions and [[noodle]] & [[bread]] regions. Throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean there is a common thread marking the use of [[lamb and mutton|lamb]], olive oil, [[lemon]]s, [[chili pepper|peppers]], and rice. The [[vegetarianism]] practiced in much of India has made [[Pulse (legume)|pulses]] (crops harvested solely for the dry seed) such as [[chickpea]]s and [[lentil]]s as significant as wheat or rice. From India to Indonesia the use of [[spice]]s is characteristic; [[coconut]]s and [[seafood]] are used throughout the region both as foodstuffs and as [[seasoning]]s.
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