Home›Food Traditions›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the place a food tradition grew out of. Wikipedia notes the Mediterranean diet "is inspired by the eating habits and traditional foods of Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean coasts of France and Spain." This dimension shows which parts of the world have produced the most studied and followed food traditions.FactsOrigin RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attestedSourced to the subject's own account12,000 BCE 1Origin RegionFilter Results39 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)Area (sq km)All10,991 (1)22,072 (1)89,342 (1)92,225 (1)176,215 (1)223,915 (1)238,397 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)305,000 (1)312,696 (1)325,000 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)406,752 (1)450,295 (1)505,983 (1)996,603 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,085,292 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,237,500 (1)4,440,000 (1)4,545,792 (1)5,222,321 (1)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)10,186,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Country CountAll23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)6190 (1)8849 (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1492 (1)1523 (1)1801 (1)1811 (1)1816 (1)1821 (1)1822 (1)1825 (2)1861 (1)1877 (1)1918 (1)1922 (1)1946 (2)1948 (1)1949 (1)1962 (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (2)Origin Period Start YearAll600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)PopulationAll2,824,913 (1)3,499,451 (1)6,460,159 (1)7,658,846 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,610,485 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,424,031 (1)11,484,805 (1)19,043,151 (1)37,314,000 (1)46,735,004 (1)49,752,000 (1)57,600,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,414,000 (1)77,620,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)92,417,681 (1)95,000,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)150,000,000 (1)150,925,345 (1)213,421,037 (1)592,296,233 (1)675,800,000 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)1,900,000,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllNon-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 39The Arabian PeninsulaOrigin Region1 entryArgentinaOrigin Region1 entryAsiaOrigin Region3 entriesBoliviaOrigin Region1 entryBrazilOrigin Region1 entryBuddhismOrigin Region1 entryChinaOrigin Region6 entriesEgyptOrigin Region1 entryEthiopiaOrigin Region1 entryEuropeOrigin Region1 entryGermanyOrigin Region1 entryThe Indian SubcontinentOrigin Region1 entryIranOrigin Region1 entryIsraelOrigin Region1 entryItalyOrigin Region1 entryJainismOrigin Region1 entryJamaicaOrigin Region1 entryJapanOrigin Region6 entriesJordanOrigin Region1 entryThe Korean PeninsulaOrigin Region1 entryThe LevantOrigin Region2 entriesThe MediterraneanOrigin Region1 entryMesoamericaOrigin Region1 entryMesopotamiaOrigin Region2 entriesMexicoOrigin Region1 entryNorth AmericaOrigin Region1 entryParaguayOrigin Region1 entryPhilippinesOrigin Region1 entryPolandOrigin Region1 entryPolynesiaOrigin Region1 entryPortugalOrigin Region1 entryRomaniaOrigin Region1 entrySouth AsiaOrigin Region1 entrySoutheast AsiaOrigin Region2 entriesSouthern EuropeOrigin Region1 entrySpainOrigin Region3 entriesSwedenOrigin Region1 entryUnited KingdomOrigin Region1 entryUruguayOrigin Region1 entrySources1. Food Preservation (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaFood preservation, Curing section, earliest drying practice (food tradition category)Quote, Food preservation, Curing section, earliest drying practice (food tradition category)The earliest form of curing is drying, which has been in use since ancient times, the earliest known practice dates back to 12,000 B.C. by inhabitants of the modern Asian and Middle Eastern regions.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.