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Tuscan Food
Italian cooking is very regional. The food of Tuscany can be very different from that prepared in the rest of Italy. Yet, even Tuscan food is not monolithic but rather regional within itself as well. Tuscany is divided administratively into the following provinces. The provincial divisions also reflect the culinary divisions: Arezzo Florence (Firenze) Grosseto…
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Cajun Food
Cajun Food is one of the two major cuisines of the state of Louisiana, the other being Creole. Both cuisines draw on the same ingredients: both use roux a lot as a base, both use rice, seafood, and spice. They differ in preparation methods, Cajun being simpler. Creole — city, fancier, has its base in…
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Chinese Food
Cooking hasn’t been codified into an art or a noble activity in China, the way it became in France. Restaurants might become well-known known, but there is still no equivalent of a “Michelin Star” system in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, and there hasn’t been a system of “celebrity chefs.” In fact, a respect for…
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Greek Food
Like Chinese food, Greek food in North America has been reinterpreted to meet North American expectations of a food richer in meat and dairy. For instance, Greek Salad is called Horiatiki in Greece. While in Greece the salad has feta and cucumber, it doesn’t have lettuce in it — only the North American version of…
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New Zealand Wartime Food
New Zealand (NZ) introduced rationing during the Second War World, largely in order to create a surplus of food that it could use to feed its British and American allies. It was in a way the mirror image of British wartime rationing: in Britain, the rationing was to deal with shortages. In New Zealand, the…
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Japanese Food
Japanese Food is a very elegant cuisine. When anyone debates, “what are the great cuisines of the world”, Japanese has to be up there on the list. It even influenced the 20th century movement in France called “nouvelle cuisine”, in terms of both preparation and presentation. Japanese cooking has a larger number of ingredients served…
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Canadian Food
Potatoes on Prince Edward Island © Denzil Green The roots of Canadian cooking are British-American. Ethnic food started came to the fore in Canadian food magazines and kitchens in the 1970s. Still, when Canadians talk about “good old-fashioned food”, it’s the pre-1980s dishes and foods that they are referring to. It was a Canada where…
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Spanish Food
The Romans set the Spanish cooking base of wheat, olives and grapes. The Muslims added almonds, oranges, rice and saffron. The New World tossed in chocolate, corn, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. Food in general is not spicy, though the use of garlic throughout Spain is common. The peppers used are generally sweet rather than hot,…
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