What is hansik?
Hansik (한식) is Korean cuisine organised around rice, soup or stew, and banchan. Kimchi is expected, not optional, even when the main is grilled meat.
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Is all Korean food very spicy?
No. Many stews and soups are mild; heat concentrates in gochujang dishes, tteokbokki and some kimchi. Baek-kimchi and doenjang jjigae are common low-chili counters.
What is the difference between gochujang and gochugaru?
Gochugaru is dried chili flake. Gochujang is a fermented paste of chili, soybean and glutinous rice. They are not interchangeable spoon-for-spoon.
Why so many side dishes?
Banchan are the meal's vegetable and ferment layer. Restaurants refill them; at home they are yesterday's pickles, namul and a new kimchi.
Is Korean barbecue the everyday dinner?
It is a social and restaurant form. Weeknight tables more often hold rice, kimchi and a jjigae or leftover grilled fish.
What does kimjang mean?
Kimjang is the seasonal making and sharing of winter kimchi, typically in late autumn, now recognised by UNESCO as intangible heritage.
Are metal chopsticks required?
They are the domestic norm, paired with a spoon. First-timers are not judged for asking for wood, but metal is not a tourist stunt.
How did chili get into kimchi?
Capsicum reached Korea after the late-sixteenth-century wars and trade. Older white kimchi styles never disappeared.
What is washoku?
和食 is the everyday Japanese meal system: rice, soup, pickle and seasonal sides. Sushi is one famous register, not the whole cuisine.
Is Japanese food spicy?
Rarely in the chili sense. Wasabi, sansho, ginger and pickles provide sharpness. Okinawa and some ramen shops are the exceptions.
What is dashi?
A stock, usually kombu kelp plus katsuobushi (dried bonito), sometimes shiitake or sardine. It is the umami chassis of soups and simmered dishes.
Why is sushi expensive at the counter?
Fish quality, rice skill, waste and the cook's time. Conveyor and supermarket sushi are different products with different fish.
Is it rude to slurp noodles?
No. Slurping ramen and soba is ordinary. Sticking chopsticks upright in rice is the actual funeral-adjacent error.
What did UNESCO list?
Washoku as an everyday social practice (2013), not a single restaurant style.
Is teriyaki traditionally Japanese?
Tare glazes are Japanese; the sweet bottled teriyaki of US groceries is a diaspora product.
How does home washoku differ from kaiseki?
Home is teishoku and leftovers. Kaiseki is a seasonal, sequenced craft meal with a different labour cost.
What is Chinese cuisine?
中餐 grew from millet and rice civilisations, soy fermentation and a wok that could feed cities. "Chinese food" abroad is mostly Cantonese and later Sichuan, not the eight-great-tradition map.
Is it always spicy?
Chinese cuisine sits at spice 62 in this atlas. Peking duck and Dim sum show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Peking duck plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
A home table is rice or noodles, a green, a protein and a soup — not a single plated "main". Street China is jianbing, skewers and late-night noodles; banquet China is whole fish and ceremony.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Wok hei and the labour behind Dim sum rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Chinese cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
中餐 is the local name used in this atlas beside Chinese cuisine.
What is Vietnamese cuisine?
Vietnamese cooking sits on rice, fish sauce and herbs. Chinese domination, Cham and Khmer neighbours, and French colonialism left baguette, coffee and pate inside a Southeast Asian table.
Is it always spicy?
Vietnamese cuisine sits at spice 58 in this atlas. Pho and Banh mi show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Pho plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Street Vietnam is the cuisine. Plastic stools, pho at dawn, banh mi from a cart, bun cha at lunch. The French overlay is not a tourist add-on — the baguette is Vietnamese now.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Nuoc mam and the labour behind Banh mi rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Vietnamese cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Ẩm thực Việt is the local name used in this atlas beside Vietnamese cuisine.
What is Thai cuisine?
Thai cuisine (ไทย) fused Tai, Chinese, Mon and Indian techniques with New World chili. Nam pla and nam prik are older than the tourist pad Thai of the 20th century.
Is it always spicy?
Thai cuisine sits at spice 92 in this atlas. Pad Thai and Tom yum show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Pad Thai plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Bangkok street food — boat noodles, boat noodles, boat noodles, som tum carts, late-night rice porridge — is not a sideshow. Pad Thai is a 20th-century national-noodle project, not an ancient royal plate.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Nam pla and the labour behind Tom yum rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Thai cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
ไทย is the local name used in this atlas beside Thai cuisine.
What is Indian cuisine?
Indian cuisines are plural: Dravidian rice-and-tamarind, Indo-Gangetic breads, Mughal rice-and-meat, and Portuguese chili on the west coast. "Curry" is a British-Portuguese flattening of tadka, masala and gravy.
Is it always spicy?
Indian cuisine sits at spice 95 in this atlas. Biryani and Masala dosa show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Biryani plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Chili is late (16th century) and now structural in many kitchens. Heat here outruns Thailand only because black pepper, mustard seed and chili stack; many dishes stay fragrant rather than red.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Tadka and the labour behind Masala dosa rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Indian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
भारतीय व्यंजन is the local name used in this atlas beside Indian cuisine.
What is Indonesian cuisine?
Indonesian cuisines sit on rice, coconut, sambal and a spice-trade history that once remade the world economy. Javanese sweetness, Padang heat and Chinese-Indonesian noodles share warung tables more than a single national recipe.
Is it always spicy?
Indonesian cuisine sits at spice 78 in this atlas. Nasi goreng and Rendang show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Nasi goreng plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Warung and kaki lima carts are the public kitchen. Nasi goreng is the leftover-rice genius that UNESCO-adjacent campaigns tried to nationalise.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Sambal and the labour behind Rendang rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Indonesian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Masakan Indonesia is the local name used in this atlas beside Indonesian cuisine.
What is Filipino cuisine?
Filipino cuisine is sour more than chili-hot: adobo in vinegar and soy, sinigang in tamarind. Chinese noodles, Spanish fiesta roasts and American sweet-sauces sit on an Austronesian rice-and-bagoong base.
Is it always spicy?
Filipino cuisine sits at spice 52 in this atlas. Adobo and Sinigang show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Adobo plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
A fiesta is lechon and a table that does not run out. A Tuesday is rice, a sour soup and leftover adobo that tastes better on day two.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Adobo and the labour behind Sinigang rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Filipino cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Lutuing Filipino is the local name used in this atlas beside Filipino cuisine.
What is Malaysian cuisine?
Malaysian cuisine is three kitchens in one country: Malay sambal-and-coconut, Chinese-Malaysian hawkers and Indian-Muslim mamak breads. Nasi lemak is the breakfast that politicians call national.
Is it always spicy?
Malaysian cuisine sits at spice 80 in this atlas. Nasi lemak and Laksa show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Nasi lemak plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Belacan shrimp paste and chili make the Malay bass. Char kway teow and Hainanese chicken rice show the Chinese-Malaysian wok. Mamak shops fry roti at 2 a.m.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Nasi lemak and the labour behind Laksa rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Malaysian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Masakan Malaysia is the local name used in this atlas beside Malaysian cuisine.
What is French cuisine?
French cuisine grew from regional peasant pots and a court that professionalised sauce and service. Cuisine française is both grandmotherly daube and the brigade system the world still copies.
Is it always spicy?
French cuisine sits at spice 22 in this atlas. Croissant and Baguette show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Croissant plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Technique 94 in this atlas is not a compliment to every bistro. It marks mother sauces, pastry lamination, wine pairing and a restaurant culture that trained half the world's fine dining.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Mirepoix and the labour behind Baguette rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant French cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cuisine française is the local name used in this atlas beside French cuisine.
What is Italian cuisine?
Cucina italiana is a late national idea over older city kitchens. Tomato arrived from the Americas; pasta industrialised in the south; risotto stayed a northern rice craft. Nonna is the brand; the map is the truth.
Is it always spicy?
Italian cuisine sits at spice 32 in this atlas. Neapolitan pizza and Spaghetti al pomodoro show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Neapolitan pizza plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Accessibility 92 reflects how completely pasta and pizza colonised English-speaking weeknights. Technique 84 sits in dough, risotto stirring and the refusal to drown a pasta in sauce.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Al dente and the labour behind Spaghetti al pomodoro rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Italian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cucina italiana is the local name used in this atlas beside Italian cuisine.
What is Spanish cuisine?
Spanish cuisine sits on Roman olive oil, an Andalusi spice-and-rice memory, New World tomato and pepper, and a tapas service that is urban and late. Cocina española is regional long before it is "paella night".
Is it always spicy?
Spanish cuisine sits at spice 38 in this atlas. Paella and Tortilla española show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Paella plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Tapas are a clock more than a dish — standing, late, shared. Jamón and anchovy are the umami, not a chili paste.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Sofrito and the labour behind Tortilla española rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Spanish cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cocina española is the local name used in this atlas beside Spanish cuisine.
What is German cuisine?
German cuisine (Deutsche Küche) grew from sauerkraut / rye sourdough / beer and bread / potato. Bratwurst is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
German cuisine sits at spice 20 in this atlas. Bratwurst and Sauerkraut show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Bratwurst plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Munich, Berlin and Hamburg do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Wurst and the labour behind Sauerkraut rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant German cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Deutsche Küche is the local name used in this atlas beside German cuisine.
What is Portuguese cuisine?
Portuguese cuisine (Cozinha portuguesa) grew from bacalhau / wine / vinegar and bread / rice / potato. Bacalhau is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Portuguese cuisine sits at spice 36 in this atlas. Bacalhau and Pastel de nata show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Bacalhau plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Bacalhau and the labour behind Pastel de nata rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Portuguese cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cozinha portuguesa is the local name used in this atlas beside Portuguese cuisine.
What is Greek cuisine?
Greek cuisine (Ελληνική κουζίνα) grew from feta / yogurt / wine and bread / pita. Horiatiki is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Greek cuisine sits at spice 34 in this atlas. Horiatiki and Souvlaki show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Horiatiki plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Athens, Thessaloniki and Heraklion do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Meze and the labour behind Souvlaki rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Greek cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Ελληνική κουζίνα is the local name used in this atlas beside Greek cuisine.
What is British cuisine?
British cuisine (British food) grew from cheese / beer / pickle and potato / bread. Fish and chips is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
British cuisine sits at spice 24 in this atlas. Fish and chips and Sunday roast show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Fish and chips plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
London, Manchester and Glasgow do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Sunday roast and the labour behind Sunday roast rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant British cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
British food is the local name used in this atlas beside British cuisine.
What is Russian cuisine?
Russian cuisine (Русская кухня) grew from kvass / pickle / smetana and bread / buckwheat / dumpling. Borscht is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Russian cuisine sits at spice 26 in this atlas. Borscht and Pelmeni show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Borscht plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kazan do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Zakuski and the labour behind Pelmeni rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Russian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Русская кухня is the local name used in this atlas beside Russian cuisine.
What is Polish cuisine?
Polish cuisine (Kuchnia polska) grew from ogórki / żurek / sauerkraut and potato / rye / dumpling. Pierogi is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Polish cuisine sits at spice 25 in this atlas. Pierogi and Żurek show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Pierogi plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Kraków, Warsaw and Gdańsk do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Pierogi and the labour behind Żurek rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Polish cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Kuchnia polska is the local name used in this atlas beside Polish cuisine.
What is Swedish cuisine?
Swedish cuisine (Svenska köket) grew from surströmming / pickled herring / yogurt and potato / crispbread. Swedish meatballs is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Swedish cuisine sits at spice 18 in this atlas. Swedish meatballs and Pickled herring show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Swedish meatballs plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Fika and the labour behind Pickled herring rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Swedish cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Svenska köket is the local name used in this atlas beside Swedish cuisine.
What is Mexican cuisine?
Mexican cuisine (Cocina mexicana) grew from nixtamal / pulque / salsa and corn tortilla. Taco is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Mexican cuisine sits at spice 88 in this atlas. Taco and Mole show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Taco plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Mexico City, Oaxaca and Puebla do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Nixtamal and the labour behind Mole rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Mexican cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cocina mexicana is the local name used in this atlas beside Mexican cuisine.
What is American cuisine?
American cuisine (American food) grew from pickles / hot sauce / cheese and wheat / corn / potato. Hamburger is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
American cuisine sits at spice 48 in this atlas. Hamburger and Barbecue show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Hamburger plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
New Orleans, New York and Austin do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Diner and the labour behind Barbecue rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant American cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
American food is the local name used in this atlas beside American cuisine.
What is Brazilian cuisine?
Brazilian cuisine (Culinária brasileira) grew from cachaça / tucupi / cheese bread dough and rice / beans / cassava. Feijoada is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Brazilian cuisine sits at spice 56 in this atlas. Feijoada and Pão de queijo show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Feijoada plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Feijoada and the labour behind Pão de queijo rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Brazilian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Culinária brasileira is the local name used in this atlas beside Brazilian cuisine.
What is Peruvian cuisine?
Peruvian cuisine (Cocina peruana) grew from chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn and potato / corn / rice. Ceviche is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Peruvian cuisine sits at spice 70 in this atlas. Ceviche and Lomo saltado show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Ceviche plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Lima, Cusco and Arequipa do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Leche de tigre and the labour behind Lomo saltado rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Peruvian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cocina peruana is the local name used in this atlas beside Peruvian cuisine.
What is Argentine cuisine?
Argentine cuisine (Cocina argentina) grew from wine / chimichurri / cheese and bread / pasta / potato. Asado is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Argentine cuisine sits at spice 30 in this atlas. Asado and Empanada show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Asado plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Córdoba do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Asado and the labour behind Empanada rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Argentine cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Cocina argentina is the local name used in this atlas beside Argentine cuisine.
What is Jamaican cuisine?
Jamaican cuisine (Jamaican food) grew from pickled pepper / rum / saltfish and rice and peas / yam / festival. Jerk chicken is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Jamaican cuisine sits at spice 82 in this atlas. Jerk chicken and Ackee and saltfish show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Jerk chicken plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Kingston, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Jerk and the labour behind Ackee and saltfish rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Jamaican cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Jamaican food is the local name used in this atlas beside Jamaican cuisine.
What is Turkish cuisine?
Turkish cuisine (Türk mutfağı) grew from yogurt / sucuk / pickles and bread / rice / bulgur. Döner kebab is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Turkish cuisine sits at spice 54 in this atlas. Döner kebab and Lahmacun show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Döner kebab plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Istanbul, Gaziantep and Izmir do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Meze and the labour behind Lahmacun rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Turkish cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Türk mutfağı is the local name used in this atlas beside Turkish cuisine.
What is Lebanese cuisine?
Lebanese cuisine (المطبخ اللبناني) grew from labneh / pickles / arak and pita / rice / bulgur. Hummus is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Lebanese cuisine sits at spice 46 in this atlas. Hummus and Tabbouleh show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Hummus plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Mezze and the labour behind Tabbouleh rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Lebanese cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
المطبخ اللبناني is the local name used in this atlas beside Lebanese cuisine.
What is Moroccan cuisine?
Moroccan cuisine (المطبخ المغربي) grew from preserved lemon / smen / olives and couscous / bread. Tagine is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Moroccan cuisine sits at spice 66 in this atlas. Tagine and Couscous show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Tagine plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Marrakesh, Fez and Casablanca do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Tagine and the labour behind Couscous rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Moroccan cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
المطبخ المغربي is the local name used in this atlas beside Moroccan cuisine.
What is Ethiopian cuisine?
Ethiopian cuisine (የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ) grew from injera / niter kibbeh / tej and teff injera. Doro wat is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Ethiopian cuisine sits at spice 80 in this atlas. Doro wat and Injera show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Doro wat plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Addis Ababa, Gondar and Dire Dawa do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Injera and the labour behind Injera rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Ethiopian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ is the local name used in this atlas beside Ethiopian cuisine.
What is Egyptian cuisine?
Egyptian cuisine (المطبخ المصري) grew from pickles / aged cheese / dough and baladi bread / rice / lentils. Koshari is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Egyptian cuisine sits at spice 50 in this atlas. Koshari and Ful medames show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Koshari plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Baladi bread and the labour behind Ful medames rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Egyptian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
المطبخ المصري is the local name used in this atlas beside Egyptian cuisine.
What is Iranian cuisine?
Iranian cuisine (آشپزی ایرانی) grew from yogurt / pickles / dried limes and rice / bread. Ghormeh sabzi is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Iranian cuisine sits at spice 42 in this atlas. Ghormeh sabzi and Chelow kabab show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Ghormeh sabzi plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Polo / chelo and the labour behind Chelow kabab rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Iranian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
آشپزی ایرانی is the local name used in this atlas beside Iranian cuisine.
What is Nigerian cuisine?
Nigerian cuisine (Nigerian food) grew from iru / ogiri / garri and swallow / rice / yam. Jollof rice is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Nigerian cuisine sits at spice 76 in this atlas. Jollof rice and Suya show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Jollof rice plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
How do people eat at home?
Lagos, Kano and Enugu do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Swallow and the labour behind Suya rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"?
Restaurant Nigerian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not.
Where does the native name appear?
Nigerian food is the local name used in this atlas beside Nigerian cuisine.