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All Food Traditions

The food traditions this atlas records, grouped into three sub categories drawn from a food-history tripartite framework cross-checked against UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage domains: Food Production and Processing Traditions, Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs, and Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice. This atlas keeps only the culinary and cultural practice of a dietary law tradition; the doctrinal reasoning behind a religious dietary law such as kosher or halal practice stays Divinity's own entity, linked here rather than restated.

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Era of EmergenceSourced to the subject's own account
12,000 BCE 1
All Food Traditions
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Aperitif and Digestif Tradition

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Beer Garden Culture

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Boodle Fight

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Bread Baking

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Buddhist Vegetarianism (Buddhist Dietary Practice)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Burns Supper

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Cacao Fermentation and Chocolate Making

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Cheesemaking

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Christmas Feast Traditions

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Coffee Cultivation and Roasting

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Distillation

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Easter Food Traditions

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Fermentation

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Fika

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Friday Abstinence (Catholic Dietary Custom)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Funeral and Memorial Foods

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Halal (Islamic Dietary Law)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Hindu Festival Foods

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Ital (Rastafari Dietary Law)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Izakaya Culture

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Jain Vegetarianism (Jain Dietary Law)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Kaiseki

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Kashrut (Jewish Dietary Law)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Kimjang

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Lenten Fasting Foods

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Luau

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Maple Syrup Production

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Mate Culture

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Merienda

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Mezze

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Miso Fermentation

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Narezushi and Fermented Fish

Food Production and Processing Traditions

New Year Feast Traditions

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Nixtamalization

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Passover and Jewish Holiday Foods

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Pickling

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Ramadan and Eid Feasting Traditions

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Sake Brewing

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Salt Curing, Smoking and Drying

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Sattvic Diet (Hindu Dietary Tradition)

Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice

Sobremesa

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Sourdough Bread Making

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Soy Sauce Fermentation

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Spice Trade Traditions

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Street Food Culture

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Tapas Culture

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Tea Ceremony

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Tea Processing

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Turkish Coffee Culture

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Wedding Feast Traditions

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs

Winemaking

Food Production and Processing Traditions

Yum Cha

Social and Ceremonial Dining Customs
Sources
1. Food Preservation (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFood preservation, Curing section, earliest drying practice (food tradition section)
Quote, Food preservation, Curing section, earliest drying practice (food tradition section)
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.
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