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Cuisines from around the World

Cuisine of the day

Roman

Roman Cooking!

While there is not a Roman haute cuisine, Rome has a long history of sumptuous feasting. In ancient Rome, banquets presented such elaborate displays of wealth that periodically; sumptuary laws were passed to control the waste. Hosts spent fortunes on their guests -- serving fish (sometimes guests were given the pleasure of watching the fish die slowly in a glass jar set

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Cuisine of the day

Californian

California cuisine is all about natural goodness, freshness and lots of fruits and vegetables: brick-oven pizzas on hand-tossed crusts with homemade fennel sausage, mescaline salads with herbs and toasted goat cheese, fresh breads from local bakeries, broiled Black Mission figs drizzled with locally made honey, sandwiches with sliced avocado and juicy tomatoes, grilled fish and poultry with piquan

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American

American cuisine varies with region, and it is quite naturally influenced by the many ethnic groups who immigrated here. The popular food in the southwest U.S. is Tex-Mex, which includes a lot of tortillas, hot salsas, beans, and burritos. In the southern United States, popular dishes include catfish, barbecue, cornbreads, vegetables, gravies, and pork. The New Orleans area is noted for its Cajun

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