This page will contain blogs about cuisine, as they become available.CuisineA 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.) IntroductionThe 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. There are also different cultural attitudes to food, for example:
The following section is an overview of world cuisines. It is incomplete. It is organized roughly by geographical area, starting in the Western hemisphere and working Eastward and from North to South. Please help complete it. Cuisines of the AmericasCuisines of the Americas are based on the cuisines of the countries from which the immigrant peoples came, primarily Europe. However, the traditional European cuisine has been adapted to a greater or lesser degree and many local ingredients and techniques have been added to the tradition. Cuisines of CanadaSee also: Canadian cuisines
Cuisines of the United States (including Puerto Rico)See also: Cuisine of the United States
Cuisines of the CaribbeanSee also: Cuisine of the Caribbean
Cuisines of Latin AmericaSee also: Latin American cuisine, Cuisine of South America
Cuisines of EuropeSee also: Cuisine of Europe Cuisines of Northern Europe
Cuisines of the MediterraneanSee also: Cuisine of the Mediterranean
Cuisines of AfricaSee also: Cuisine of Africa
Cuisines of the Middle EastSee also: Cuisine of the Middle East
Cuisines of the Indian SubcontinentCuisines of the Indian subcontinent includes cuisines from the peninsular region of South Asia, which includes India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, usually also Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. One characteristic component of the cuisines of these regions is rice and curry dishes. See also: Cuisine of India
Cuisines of East AsiaSee also: Cuisine of Asia
Cuisines of Oceania
Non-regional cuisines
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See also: Cuisine of Asia. For example, if you were describing a repair to someone's car that was poorly done or obviously done on the cheap, one might say "That car looks budget". See also: Cuisine of India. In some cases, "budget" could replace the term "sucks" when describing something if it meets the "cheap or underresourced" criteria. One characteristic component of the cuisines of these regions is rice and curry dishes. "Budget" can be used as an English slang adjective to describe something that looks or feels cheap or underresourced. Cuisines of the Indian subcontinent includes cuisines from the peninsular region of South Asia, which includes India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, usually also Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Budget is used in marketing as a euphemism for inexpensive or cheap. See also: Cuisine of the Middle East. Monthly forecasts provide fresher and more up-to-date financial plans. See also: Cuisine of Africa. The future sees traditional annual budgets being replaced or complemented by monthly forecasts or rolling forecasts. See also: Cuisine of the Mediterranean. Variances between these financial plans and actual delivery can then be analyzed to provide information that can improve performance. See also: Cuisine of Europe. As months pass, the actual income achieved and expenses incurred can be compared to the budget and forecasts. See also: Latin American cuisine, Cuisine of South America. Presently nearly all large businesses reforecast their original budgets on a quarterly basis. See also: Cuisine of the Caribbean. As the technology of money and banking continues to make spending easier, individuals, families, companies, and governments need to adopt more effective budgeting methods, strategies, and tools to balance their outflows to their inflows and avoid deficit (or debt-based) spending. See also: Cuisine of the United States. On the other hand, if the actuals diverge wildly from the budget, this sends out an 'out of control' signal and the share price could suffer as a result. See also: Canadian cuisines. If the actual numbers delivered through the financial year turn out to be close to the budget, this will demonstrate that the company understands their business and has been successful driving it in the direction they had planned. However, the traditional European cuisine has been adapted to a greater or lesser degree and many local ingredients and techniques have been added to the tradition. While traditionally the Finance department compiles the company's budget, modern software allows hundreds or even thousands of people in the various departments (operations, human resources, IT etc) to contribute their expected revenues and expenses to the final budget. Cuisines of the Americas are based on the cuisines of the countries from which the immigrant peoples came, primarily Europe. A finished budget usually requires considerable effort and can be seen as a financial plan for the new financial year. Please help complete it. The budget of a company is compiled annually. It is organized roughly by geographical area, starting in the Western hemisphere and working Eastward and from North to South. In the UK the budget is prepared by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the second most important member of the government, and must be passed by Parliament. It is incomplete. In some countries, such as the United States, the budget is mainly prepared by the legislature, in others it is prepared by the government. The following section is an overview of world cuisines. The budget of a government is a summary or plan of the intended revenues and expenditures of that government. There are also different cultural attitudes to food, for example:. There are a wide variety of personal budgeting methods and tools that can be employed to help individuals and families with the budgeting process. It has 70,000 adherents in 50 countries. In a personal or family budget all sources of income (inflows) are identified and expenses (outflows) are planned with the intent of matching outflows to inflows. The Slow Food movement is a global effort to preserve local plants, animals, and techniques of food preparation. A personal budget is among the most important concepts of personal finance. Increasingly, experts hold that it further includes the raw ingredients and original plants and animals from which they come. . In addition to food, a cuisine is also often held to include beverages, including wine, liquor, tea, coffee and other drinks. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods. New cuisines are constantly evolving, as certain aesthetics rise and fall in popularity among professional chefs and their clientele. Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. Today almost every locale in the world has access to not only its traditional cuisine, but also to many other world cuisines, as well. The last century or so has produced enormous improvements in food production, preservation, storage and shipping. . (For example, the "Asian" dish chop suey clearly reflected the adaptation of Chinese immigrant cooking styles to the different ingredients available in North America.). 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 cuisine. 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. Vegetarian cuisine. Vegan cuisine. Living foods diet. Jewish cuisine. Fusion cuisine. Fast Food, and its nemesis Slow Food which preserves regional cuisines. Nauru. Polynesia. New Zealand. Fiji. Hawaii. Australia. Vietnam. Tibet. Thailand. Singapore. The Philippines. Mongolia. Ipoh. Penang. Malaysia
Laos. Korea. Japan. Indonesia. Taiwanese. Szechuan. Shanghai. Mandarin. Islamic. Hunan. Hakka. Chiuchow. Cantonese. Chinese Buddhist. China
Sri Lankan cuisine. Sri Lanka
Bangladeshi cuisine. Bangladesh
Bihari Cuisine. Assamese cuisine. West Bengali Cuisine. East Indian Cuisines
Gujarati cuisine. Rajasthani Cuisine. Goan cuisine. Malvani cuisine. Maharashtrian cuisine. West Indian cuisines
Andhra cuisine. Kerala cuisine. South Indian cuisines
Kashmiri cuisine. Punjabi cuisine. North Indian cuisines
Persian cuisine. Lebanon. Kosher cuisine. Assyrian cuisine. Arab cuisine. South Africa. Morocco. Ethiopia. West Africa. Armenia. Serbia. Turkey. Romania. Greece. Croatia. Bulgaria. Albania. Cuisines of the Balkans
Italy excluding Sicily. Catalonia. Spain
Sweden. Slovakia. Russian. Polish. Hungary. Norway. Provencal. French
Finland. Germany. Denmark. Modern British. British
Andes Region. Venezuela. Uruguay. Cuisine of El Salvador. Peru. Paraguay. Nicaragua:. Mexico. Cuba. Costa Rica. Colombia. Brazil. Bolivia. Argentina. Puerto Rico. Jamaica. Dominican republic. Cuba. Tex-Mex. Southwest
Soul food. Creole. Cajun. Southern
Puerto Rico. Pennsylvania Dutch. New York City. New England. Native American. Midwest. Hawaii. Kentucky. Floribbean. Fast food. Euro-asian cuisine (a type of Fusion cuisine). California. Barbecue. Chinese American. Vegetarian. Vancouver. Toronto. Québécois. Fusion. First Nations. Fast food. Canadian Chinese cuisine. Atlantic Canada. Not drinking tea in the right way is considered to be an act of barbarism. In Japan, Tea drinking is a fine-art and there is an elaborate ceremony about it. Thus the stomach is considered to be a homagunda (holy fire) and all the food consumed is an offering to the holy fire. In India, consumption of food is regarded as an offering, a Yajna. |