Home›Culinary Techniques›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the place a cooking technique first came from. Wikipedia records that sous vide was "invented by the French chef Georges Pralus in 1974," tying the technique firmly to France even though it is now used worldwide. This dimension shows which regions have produced the most widely adopted cooking methods.FactsOrigin RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested300,000 BCE 1Origin RegionFilter Results33 entriesAdmission YearAll1812 (1)1959 (1)Area (sq km)All10,991 (1)28,311 (1)89,342 (1)110,860 (1)135,382 (1)263,310 (1)302,069 (1)331,338 (1)338,455 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)406,752 (1)505,983 (1)513,120 (1)632,702.3 (1)756,102 (1)881,913 (1)923,769 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,287,263 (1)4,545,792 (1)5,222,321 (1)7,222,000 (1)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)17,075,400 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll49 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All8849 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1492 (1)1776 (1)1811 (1)1816 (1)1818 (1)1821 (1)1822 (1)1861 (1)1902 (1)1917 (1)1921 (1)1945 (1)1946 (2)1947 (3)1949 (1)1960 (1)1962 (1)1991 (1)PopulationAll1,432,820 (1)2,824,913 (1)3,591,120 (1)4,618,189 (1)5,355,220 (1)5,652,881 (1)6,460,159 (1)9,434,593 (1)11,484,805 (1)19,629,588 (1)46,735,004 (1)49,752,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)65,975,198 (1)69,081,996 (1)83,497,147 (1)103,439,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)242,747,130 (1)340,587,000 (1)469,300,000 (1)675,800,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 33ArgentinaOrigin Region2 entriesAsiaOrigin Region2 entriesBrazilOrigin Region1 entryChileOrigin Region1 entryChinaOrigin Region10 entriesCubaOrigin Region1 entryFinlandOrigin Region1 entryFranceOrigin Region10 entriesGermanyOrigin Region1 entryHawaiiOrigin Region1 entryIndiaOrigin Region1 entryItalyOrigin Region2 entriesJamaicaOrigin Region1 entryJapanOrigin Region8 entriesJordanOrigin Region1 entryLouisianaOrigin Region1 entryMesoamericaOrigin Region1 entryMesopotamiaOrigin Region1 entryMexicoOrigin Region1 entryThe Middle EastOrigin Region1 entryMongoliaOrigin Region2 entriesNew ZealandOrigin Region1 entryNigeriaOrigin Region1 entryPakistanOrigin Region1 entryParaguayOrigin Region1 entryPhilippinesOrigin Region1 entryRussiaOrigin Region1 entrySouth AsiaOrigin Region1 entrySoutheast AsiaOrigin Region1 entrySpainOrigin Region3 entriesThailandOrigin Region1 entryUnited StatesOrigin Region4 entriesVietnamOrigin Region1 entrySources1. Cooking (Wikipedia)Cooking, History section, archaeological evidence of cooking fires (category)Quote, Cooking, History section, archaeological evidence of cooking fires (category)Archaeological evidence of cooking fires dates to at least 300,000 years ago, but some estimate that humans started cooking as early as 2 million years ago.View the SourceBraising (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: BraisingView the SourceSous Vide (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Sous VideView the SourceRoasting (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: RoastingView the SourceGrilling (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: GrillingView the SourcePoaching, cooking (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: PoachingView the SourceBlanching, cooking (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: BlanchingView the SourceDeep Frying (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Deep FryingView the SourceStir Frying (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Stir FryingView the SourceSmoking, cooking (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: SmokingView the SourceConfit (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: ConfitView the SourceCuring, food preservation (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: CuringView the SourceBrining (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: BriningView the SourceCanning (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: CanningView the SourceFood Drying (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Food DryingView the SourceCandied Fruit (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: CandyingView the SourceJulienning (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: JulienneView the SourceMise en Place (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Mise en PlaceView the SourceTempered Chocolate (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Tempering (Chocolate)View the SourceEmulsion (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: EmulsificationView the SourceDeglazing, cooking (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: DeglazingView the SourceCaramelization (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: CaramelizationView the SourceProofing, baking technique (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: ProofingView the SourceSpherification (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: SpherificationView the SourceTandoor (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Tandoor CookingView the SourceTeppanyaki (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: TeppanyakiView the SourceWok Hei (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: Wok HeiView the SourceBaking (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: BakingView the SourceFermentation in Food Processing (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: FermentationView the SourcePickling (Wikipedia)WikipediaContains: PicklingView the SourceNixtamalization (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaContains: NixtamalizationView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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