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The regional and national culinary traditions this atlas tracks as coherent, recognized cuisines: the shared repertoire of ingredients, techniques, dishes and dining customs that mark a place's food culture as distinct. Grouped here by world region under the subcategory tree (East Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern and South Asian, Northern African, Sub-Saharan African, European, Latin American and Caribbean). Belongs here: a named regional or national cuisine (Japanese Cuisine, Ethiopian Cuisine). Does not belong here: a single dish, which is a dish entity, a single ingredient, which is an ingredient entity, or a food custom or technique that spans cuisines, which is a foodtradition entity.

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1700 CE 1
All Cuisines
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Afghan Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Albanian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Algerian Cuisine

Northern African Cuisines

American Cuisine

North American Cuisines

Argentine Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Armenian Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Ashkenazi Jewish Cuisine

European Cuisines

Australian Cuisine

Oceanian Cuisines

Austrian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Basque Cuisine

European Cuisines

Belgian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Bengali Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Bhutanese Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Bolivian Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Brazilian Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

British Cuisine

European Cuisines

Bulgarian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Burmese Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Cambodian Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Cameroonian Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Canadian Cuisine

North American Cuisines

Caribbean Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Chilean Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Chinese Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines

Colombian Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Costa Rican Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Croatian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Cuban Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Czech Cuisine

European Cuisines

Danish Cuisine

European Cuisines

Dominican Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Dutch Cuisine

European Cuisines

Ecuadorian Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Egyptian Cuisine

Northern African Cuisines

Ethiopian Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Filipino Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Finnish Cuisine

European Cuisines

French Cuisine

European Cuisines

Galician Cuisine

European Cuisines

Georgian Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

German Cuisine

European Cuisines

Ghanaian Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Greek Cuisine

European Cuisines

Guatemalan Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Hawaiian Cuisine

North American Cuisines

Honduran Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Hong Kong Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines

Hungarian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Icelandic Cuisine

European Cuisines

Indian Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Indonesian Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Iraqi Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Irish Cuisine

European Cuisines

Israeli Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Italian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Ivorian Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Japanese Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines

Kashmiri Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Kenyan Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Korean Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines

Lao Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Lebanese Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Louisiana Creole Cuisine

North American Cuisines

Macanese Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines

Malagasy Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Malay Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Malaysian Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Maltese Cuisine

European Cuisines

Mexican Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Middle Eastern Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Mongolian Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines

Moroccan Cuisine

Northern African Cuisines

Mozambican Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

New Zealand Cuisine

Oceanian Cuisines

Nicaraguan Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Nigerian Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

North African Cuisine

Northern African Cuisines

Norwegian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Pakistani Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Palestinian Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Paraguayan Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Persian Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Peruvian Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Polish Cuisine

European Cuisines

Portuguese Cuisine

European Cuisines

Quebec Cuisine

North American Cuisines

Romanian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Russian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Salvadoran Cuisine

Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines

Senegalese Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Serbian Cuisine

European Cuisines

Singaporean Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Slovak Cuisine

European Cuisines

South African Cuisine

Sub-Saharan African Cuisines

Spanish Cuisine

European Cuisines

Sri Lankan Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Swedish Cuisine

European Cuisines

Swiss Cuisine

European Cuisines

Syrian Cuisine

Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

Taiwanese Cuisine

East Asian Cuisines
Sources
1. Cuisine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaCuisine, Etymology section, English usage since late 18th century (category)
Quote, Cuisine, Etymology section, English usage since late 18th century (category)
Used in English since the late 18th century, the word cuisine
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