All Southern European and Mediterranean Cuisines

Gathers the cuisines of southern Europe, where olive oil, wheat, wine, vegetables, seafood and cured meats form the common core of the table. It includes Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Maltese, Croatian, Serbian and Albanian cuisines, together with the regional Basque and Galician traditions of Spain. Within the European Cuisines subcategory it sits beside the groups Western European Cuisines, Northern European Cuisines, Central and Eastern European Cuisines, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.