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Partner Europe blog attempt to define European cuisine. Yes, you’ve guessed correctly, it’s not just one, rather, a rich and diverse lot! It certainly pays to know your different cuisines if you’re traveling Europe.
Italy cuisine: lasagne pesto ricotta : un délice, by bloggyboulga
The article states that a particular country’s cuisine is a very important cultural aspect, as the food cooked does not only represent what’s produced locally but also what comes in (trade). The local cuisine is also tied in with the various religious connotations and customs.
European cuisine (including Russian) is very diverse and it can be broadly split into North (e.g. Danish, Estonian, Finnish, English etc) and South European cuisine (e.g. Albanian, Croatian, Greek, Italian etc). The British describe European cuisine as Continental and the world also knows it as Western! Rather a complicated cuisine that of Europe, possibly defying classification!
Never mind, when we all get paid in Euro we may be better harmonised! Meanwhile, it must be almost impossible to come up with a single style of European cooking that all Europe inhabitants will recognise and feel familiar with, which sounds like an interesting challenge for European chefs!
If on a Europe vacation, consider (but do not limit yourself to) two very different culinary experiences: French Provence food and drink and for contrast Lithuanian food during Easter!
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1 Travel to Europe | Valencia cuisine | European vacation | Travel Europe with Best Travel Content Europe // Jun 29, 2010 at 12:23 am
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