Crete's well-defined cuisine is shaped by the seasons and by a well-honed sense of versatility.
Somali cuisine has been shaped by the Horn of Africa's dry climate — camel meat is the most prized source of protein — and by its colonial history.
As is clear from the restaurant's menu, Indian food is not one cuisine but many, shaped over millenniums by resources and climates, the dietary strictures of its many religions and even the influence of Mogul and British invaders.
It was Child — not single-handedly, but close — who started the public conversation about cooking in America that has shaped our cuisine and culture ever since.
Immigration has shaped London's cuisine.
On an all-new episode of VICELAND's HUANG'S WORLD, Eddie treks to Hawaii to explore the history, tradition, and innovation that have shaped the island's cuisine.
Immigrants from Italy, Portugal, France, Syria, Lebanon and Germany have all shaped the city's culture and cuisine, but what surprises many visitors is that São Paulo is also home to the world's largest Japanese community outside Japan.
Syrian cuisine has evolved over thousands of years of conquests, trading and migrations, shaped and blended by dozens of peoples: Arab, Kurdish, Druze, Armenian, Circassian, Assyrian, Alawite, Turkish, Turkmen, Palestinian, Ismaili, Greek, Jewish, Yazidi.
For this month's issue, Helen went to Asheville, North Carolina, to meet Michael Twitty, a chef who travels across the South educating diners about the role that enslaved cooks played in shaping Southern cuisine.
"From planning State Dinners that paid tribute to world leaders such as Nelson Mandela to creating a repertoire of First Lady Lunches to orchestrating barbecues for thousands of guests on the South Lawn, I was thrilled to help shape White House cuisine and events for more than a decade".
