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Types of cuisine

Cooking is a process to prepare food that is enjoyed through the sense of taste and certain tastes are more enjoyable than others because many cultures have diversified their foods for the different means of preparation, cooking techniques and ingredients that vary widely across the world and this way these cultures reflect their environmental, economic, cultural and religious traditions.

Each culture has developed a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions that is known as cuisine that is why many cultures have a recognizable cuisine that is influenced by the development of agriculture, commerce and transportation between civilizations of different regions that allow the use of local and foreign ingredients in the preparation of food.

As cuisine represents a specific culture, it has a specific set of cooking traditions that uses spices or a combination of flavors to create unique dishes which evolves over time because new inventions and technologies, such as pottery has expanded cooking techniques and some modern cooks apply scientific techniques to food preparation.

CUISINES AROUND THE WORLD


Africa Cuisines Africa Cuisines reflect indigenous traditions of ethnic tribes and social groups, these cuisines use wild styles of preparation.	America Cuisines Americas Cuisines use culinary methods that are similarities to Europe cuisine but these change and improve through time.	Asia Cuisines Asia Cuisines are famous around the world and their authentic origins have roots in the peoples and cultures of asian regions.

Europe Cuisines Europe Cuisines are very classy, use specific methods of preparation and serving, and use more spices and carbohyfrates.	Oceania Cuisines Oceania Cuisines are varied in flavor as well as texture because every region has its own techniques and methods to prepare food.	Native Cuisines Native Cultures Cuisines refer about typical culinary methods and dishes that first indigenous people used to prepare food.