The Culture of Food
Eating food from different cultures is one of the most enjoyable ways to experience those cultures. Within countries there are regions with different food preferences, different methods of cooking and presenting food, different spices and different availability of foods. In America we are exposed to foods from many different cultures but we are also exposed to different foods within our own culture. Below is a selection of regional recipes and places to eat that concentrates more on street food rather than gourmet cuisine.
Regional foods of the United States
Foods from around the World
Diana Kennedy is probably the best non-Mexican Mexican cook in the world. She has traveled across Mexico writing down the old recipes and cooking techniques that have been handed down from generation to generation and recorded them in her excellent cookbooks. Unfortunately she does not have a web site but here is a link to a Wikipedia article with a list of her books.
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