Home›Latin American and Caribbean Cuisines›IngredientBrowse ByIngredientUses ingredient links a cuisine to the raw materials that define it. Wikipedia notes that "cheese and wine are a major part of the cuisine" of France, "with many variations" governed by regional appellation laws. This dimension shows which cuisines share the same defining ingredient even when their dishes look nothing alike.FactsIngredientSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStaple IngredientWell-attestedSourced to the subject's own accountrice, corn, pasta, bread, plantain, potato, yucca, and beans 1IngredientFilter Results23 entriesRegionAllArgentina (3)Bolivia (2)Brazil (1)Chile (2)Costa Rica (2)Cuba (2)Ecuador (7)El Salvador (2)Guatemala (3)Honduras (1)Mesoamerica (7)Mexico (7)Nicaragua (4)Peru (4)South America (4)The Caribbean (2)The Pampas (3)Venezuela (3)TraditionAllCacao Fermentation and Chocolate Making (7)Christmas Feast Traditions (6)Coffee Cultivation and Roasting (1)Distillation (2)Mate Culture (3)Nixtamalization (8)Street Food Culture (13)Winemaking (2)Earliest Documented Use, From (Year)All-13,000 (1)9000 BCE (1)8500 BCE (1)8000 BCE (1)7000 BCE (1)6000 BCE (2)5000 BCE (2)4000 BCE (1)3500 BCE (1)3300 BCE (1)2000 BCE (1)1550 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)1216 (1)1651 (1)Earliest Documented Use, To (Year)All8500 BCE (1)6000 BCE (2)5000 BCE (2)4000 BCE (1)3300 BCE (1)3200 BCE (1)3000 BCE (1)2500 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAvocadoIngredient1 entryBeefIngredient1 entryBlack BeanIngredient2 entriesCacaoIngredient1 entryCassavaIngredient2 entriesChickenIngredient1 entryChili PepperIngredient4 entriesChorizoIngredient1 entryCoconutIngredient1 entryCorianderIngredient1 entryCuminIngredient1 entryGarlicIngredient1 entryGuinea PigIngredient1 entryMaizeIngredient8 entriesOkraIngredient1 entryPorkIngredient2 entriesPotatoIngredient5 entriesQuinoaIngredient2 entriesRiceIngredient4 entriesSalsaIngredient1 entryTomatoIngredient2 entriesTurkeyIngredient1 entryYamIngredient1 entrySources1. Latin American Cuisine (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaLatin American cuisine, Staple foods sectionQuote, Latin American cuisine, Staple foods sectionRice, corn, pasta, bread, plantain, potato, yucca, and beans are also staples in Latin American cuisine.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.