A cuisine (from French cuisine, meaning "cooking; culinary art; kitchen"; itself from Latin coquina, meaning the same; itself from the Latin verb coquere, meaning "to cook") is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a place of origin. Religious food laws can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. (For example, the "Asian" dish chop suey clearly reflected the adaptation of Chinese immigrant cooking styles to the different ingredients available in North America.)

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The last century or so has produced enormous improvements in food production, preservation, storage and shipping. Today almost every locale in the world has access to not only its traditional cuisine, but also to many other world cuisines, as well. New cuisines are constantly evolving, as certain aesthetics rise and fall in popularity among professional chefs and their clientele.

In addition to food, a cuisine is also often held to include beverages, including wine, liquor, tea, coffee and other drinks. Increasingly, experts hold that it further includes the raw ingredients and original plants and animals from which they come. The Slow Food movement is a global effort to preserve local plants, animals, and techniques of food preparation. It has 70,000 adherents in 50 countries.

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afortner (afortner) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:08:38 -0000
RT @SmartCityTrends: New book Appetite City: NYC still reaping dividends from $, immigrants, ideas, world cuisines http://bit.ly/3oSjU1
William Grimes' new book Appetite City: NYC still reaping dividends today from $, immigrants, ideas, world cuisines http://bit.ly/3oSjU1
SmartCityTrends (Smart City Trends) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:21:53 -0000
William Grimes' new book Appetite City: NYC still reaping dividends today from $, immigrants, ideas, world cuisines http://bit.ly/3oSjU1
Honestly what is the need to have a lay out of 6 world cuisines when all ur guests are eventually going to crash at the chaat counter only?
poojaganeriwala (Pooja Ganeriwala) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:42:12 -0000
Honestly what is the need to have a lay out of 6 world cuisines when all ur guests are eventually going to crash at the chaat counter only?
He concerns about cooking greatly due to his hobby in cooking many different cuisines from different parts of the world. http://bit.ly/kTQBr
foodyhub (foodyhub.com) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:33:26 -0000
He concerns about cooking greatly due to his hobby in cooking many different cuisines from different parts of the world. http://bit.ly/kTQBr
@realpreityzinta . All mom's cook so well since it's with so much love. A meal prepared with TLC, beats the world's best cuisines~anytime.
BeingKind2all (BeingKind2all) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:04 -0000
@realpreityzinta . All mom's cook so well since it's with so much love. A meal prepared with TLC, beats the world's best cuisines~anytime.
The all-time Filipino favorite dishes are now unveiled to the whole world! Enter YouTube.com, search for JUAN's PUTAHEs or JOHN's CUISINEs.
jetaburada (John-Eric Taburada) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:15 -0000
The all-time Filipino favorite dishes are now unveiled to the whole world! Enter YouTube.com, search for JUAN's PUTAHEs or JOHN's CUISINEs.

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