history, cuisine and culture
For as long as we humans have existed, so has our food. That is why food is so often the focus of historical or anthropological studies and why we thought you might be interested in knowing how food (and stuff relating to food) got to be like it is today.
WARNING - the attached pages may be a bit long but they do provide lots of information - after all we need at least some pages you can get your teeth into!
CURRENT QUESTION - What is cuisine?
Foods alone do not represent a cuisine - it is the meaning and myths surrounding the ingredients, the preparation, the cooking, the combination of flavours and the when and where of eating, that determine the makings of a cuisine. Cuisine is often what sets a culture apart and provides a common understanding of what it means to "belong" to that community.
Do you think Australia has a cuisine? Does your country have a cuisine? Please tell us what you think!
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Food can be found in all forms of art and is depicted using a diverse range of media. Food and food themes are often used because food is an everyday item and therefore has the ability to convey...
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Literature about food is all around us; in books, newspapers, magazines and all over the Internet. We are collecting and publishing lots of it each time we run our competitions and we would like you...
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Toque: French term for a chef's tall white hat. (pronouced 'tock') Little is really known about the origin of the toque or chef’s hat. Today’s version is normally white, conical and quite tall in...