Cuisine

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A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques, and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs and ingredients combine to enable dishes unique to a region. Every cuisine evolves from the resources available in a region, and the climate, agriculture, trade routes, and cultural exchanges result in the distinctive flavors and practices that distinguish one culinary tradition from another. Because of this, cuisine serves as both a practical system for nourishment and a symbolic language through which societies communicate values and heritage. Cuisine is thus also a broad cultural expression that reflects the history, geography, and identity of the people who create it. Cuisines vary significantly but also share common patterns shaped by migration, colonization, and globalization. Historical interactions, such as the Columbian exchange, the Silk Road, and the spread of empires...

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