Cooking Practices and Traditions from Around the World Quiz

Characteristics of Cooking Practices and Traditions

• A cuisine is a style of cooking that is distinct in terms of ingredients, techniques, and dishes, and is usually associated with a specific geographic region or culture.
• Regional food preparation techniques, customs, and ingredients combine to enable the creation of unique dishes.
• A cuisine is partly determined by the availability of locally sourced ingredients or those obtained through trade.
• Religious food laws also influence cuisine, such as Hinduism in Indian cuisine and Judaism in Jewish and Israeli cuisine.
• Climate, trade, religious or sumptuary laws, and culinary culture exchange are factors that affect a region's cuisine.
• Cuisines date back to antiquity, and as food preparation became more sophisticated, meals that were situated around culture started to emerge.
• Cuisines evolve continually, and new cuisines are created by innovation and cultural interaction.
• Regional cuisines can vary based on the availability and usage of specific ingredients, local cooking traditions and practices, and overall cultural differences.
• African cuisines use a combination of locally available fruits, cereals, and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products.
• Asian cuisines are many and varied, and include East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, and West Asian cuisine.
• European cuisine includes non-indigenous cuisines of North America, Australasia, Oceania, and Latin America as well.
• The cuisines of the Americas are based on the cuisines of the countries from which the immigrant people came, primarily Europe.