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Cuisines from around the World

Cuisine of the day

Soul

Soul food describes food traditionally eaten by African Americans of the Southern United States, and includes chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens.

Soul food restaurants are mostly located in the South, but can also be found in major northern cities such as Chicago. With the exception of chitterlings, which are characteristic of African American cookery, soul food could apply to white

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Tex-Mex

Tex-Mex is a highly spiced and vibrant style of cooking that was created as an extension and adaptation of Mexican cuisine to suit United States (specifically, Texan) tastes. The name is derived from Texas and Mexico, whose joint culinary heritage it is. Diana Kennedy, an influential food authority, first delineated the differences between Mexican cuisine and Americanized Mexican food in her 1972

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Cuban

Most people who have never experienced a Cuban meal assume that the taste is similar to Mexican food. Actually, Cuban recipes share spices and techniques in common with Spanish cooking, not Mexican, with a little Caribbean thrown in for flair and flavor.

Source: HungryMonster Writers

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