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Food glossary

Score axes and nicknames used across the food atlas.

A compact reference for terms that appear on cuisine pages — not a substitute for the full chapters.

Score axes

Spice How central chili, pepper and other heat are relative to the other thirty-two cuisines.
Umami How strongly ferment, broth and savoury depth define the table.
Street food How much of the cuisine lives at stalls, night markets and late windows.
Technique How much specialised craft — dough, stock, grill, ferment — a plate assumes.
Accessibility How easily an ordinary cook can start from a normal supermarket.
Price spread How wide the gap is between a street snack and a banquet or tasting menu.

Also called

🍲 Korean cuisine 한식 · Hansik · K-food
🍣 Japanese cuisine 和食 · Washoku · Nihon ryori
🥟 Chinese cuisine 中餐 · Zhongcan · Zhonghua meishi
🍲 Vietnamese cuisine Ẩm thực Việt · Vietnamese food · An nam
🌶️ Thai cuisine ไทย · Ahan Thai · Thai food
🍛 Indian cuisine भारतीय व्यंजन · Bharatiya bhojan · Indian food
🥥 Indonesian cuisine Masakan Indonesia · Indonesian food · Nusantara cooking
🍗 Filipino cuisine Lutuing Filipino · Filipino food · Pagkaing Pinoy
🍜 Malaysian cuisine Masakan Malaysia · Malaysian food · Makanan Malaysia
🥖 French cuisine Cuisine française · French food · Gastronomie française
🍝 Italian cuisine Cucina italiana · Italian food · La cucina
🥘 Spanish cuisine Cocina española · Spanish food · Gastronomía española
🥨 German cuisine Deutsche Küche · German food · Deutsches Essen
🐟 Portuguese cuisine Cozinha portuguesa · Portuguese food · Culinária portuguesa
🫒 Greek cuisine Ελληνική κουζίνα · Elliniki kouzina · Greek food
🥧 British cuisine British food · UK cooking · English / Scottish / Welsh tables
🥟 Russian cuisine Русская кухня · Russkaya kukhnya · Russian food
🥟 Polish cuisine Kuchnia polska · Polish food · Polska kuchnia
🐟 Swedish cuisine Svenska köket · Swedish food · Husmanskost
🌮 Mexican cuisine Cocina mexicana · Mexican food · Gastronomía mexicana
🍔 American cuisine American food · US cooking · United States cuisine
🥩 Brazilian cuisine Culinária brasileira · Brazilian food · Cozinha brasileira
🍋 Peruvian cuisine Cocina peruana · Peruvian food · Gastronomía peruana
🥩 Argentine cuisine Cocina argentina · Argentine food · Comida argentina
🌶️ Jamaican cuisine Jamaican food · Yard food · Jamaican cooking
🥙 Turkish cuisine Türk mutfağı · Turkish food · Anadolu mutfağı
🧆 Lebanese cuisine المطبخ اللبناني · al-matbakh al-lubnani · Lebanese food
🍲 Moroccan cuisine المطبخ المغربي · al-matbakh al-maghribi · Cuisine marocaine
🫓 Ethiopian cuisine የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ · Ye-Ityopp'ya migib · Ethiopian food
🧆 Egyptian cuisine المطبخ المصري · al-matbakh al-misri · Egyptian food
🍚 Iranian cuisine آشپزی ایرانی · Ashpazi-ye Irani · Persian food
🍲 Nigerian cuisine Nigerian food · Naija food · West African Nigerian table