Asian cuisine refers to any of several major regional cuisines, including East Asian,
Southeast Asian, South Asian, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern. A cuisine is a characteristic
style of cooking practices and traditions, usually associated with a specific culture. Asia, being the largest and most populous continent,
is home to many cultures, many of which have their own characteristic cuisine.
European cuisine, or alternatively Western cuisine, is a generalised term collectively referring to the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries, including (depending on the definition) that of Russia, as well as non-indigenous cuisines of Australasia, the Americas, Southern Africa, and Oceania, which derive substantial influence from European settlers in those regions. The term is used by East Asians to contrast with Asian styles of cooking. (This is analogous to Westerners' referring collectively to the cuisines of East Asian countries as Asian cuisine.) When used by Westerners, the term may sometimes refer more specifically to cuisine in Europe; in this context, a synonym is Continental cuisine, especially in British English.
The cuisine of the United States reflects its history. The European colonization of the Americas yielded the introduction
of a number of ingredients and cooking stylesto the latter. The various styles continued expanding well
into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many foreign nations; such influx
developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.
A Quote by Delia Smith
Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.