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A Cultural Project
The site Our Food Recipes started as an idea I have had for quite some time. I wanted to create a site that answered questions like: 'Why do
we eat what we eat?' and 'What are the origins of our foods?'
This fantastic multitude is the result of thousands of years of trade and cultivation.
Photo by bnbn.
To begin with I have tried to create a timeline starting from pre history until today. From the first loaf of bread until Hellman's mayonaisse. This also includes basics like what our body need and how fruit, vegetables and livestock have travelled.
Why is it 'our food recipes' then? It is because I want your, my visitors, family's special recipe. It can be grandma's pancakes or uncle Satoshi's fish pastries. I will then study them and put them on a timeline together with an analysis. Another objective in this is also to prevent these important links to our past from getting lost.
On our dinner tables we have food from all over the world, the multitude is staggering. My aim is to explain how customs and dishes have its foundation in factors like trade, migration, religion and inventions. I have also created a number of pages with related information to this topic.
Does it sound too ambitious? It probably is but I will give it a go anyway. My hope is that with the help of you I can create a great cultural treasure of family recipes! All you have to do is to submit your family's recipe and I will take care of the rest.
My name is Håkan and I am from Sweden, click here for my grandmothers recipe for filbunke It can serve as an example how I want the recipes to be presented on this site.
Food Nutrition Facts - What We Need
Here are some food nutrition facts, what does the human body need. All about protein, fat, vitamins and amino acids.
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Food Trade & Inventions
Food trade and inventions has had drastic influence on what we eat and how. Here you can read more about it!
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Food History
Human food history starts with us being hunter gatherers, this evolved through ancient civilizations to the multitude we have today. Read more about it here.
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Historic Food Recipes
Here you can find historic food recipes. All the way from ancient Egypt until colonial North America. Learn how to cook like the Romans or to make an ancient Mayan burrito.
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Modern Food
In this section of my site I take a closer look on modern food. Topics like vegetarianism, gm foods, environment and food distribution are discussed.
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Origins Of Food By Continents
This page has a list of the origins of food by continent, it is simply an attempt to illustrate where it all came from. It has dairy products, grains, vegetables, fruits, spices and lots more.
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Submit Your Family Recipe
On this page you can submit your family recipe. I will the analyze it from a food historical and cultural perspective preceeding publication.
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European Food Recipes
On this page you have links to pages about European food recipes. On many you can find submitted family recipes.
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African Food Recipes
This page is about African food recipes. It will in a summary way explain the African cuisine. From here you have links to specific countries and submitted family recipes from Africa.
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Asian Food Recipes
On this page you have Asian food recipes Visitors to the site has submitted. Here you will find submissions from China, India, Thailand and Lebanon to name a few countries.
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North American Food
Find out about North American food and its history. It is a hub page with links to pages with family recipes from different regions of the continent.
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Central American Food Recipes
In Central American food recipes it is easy to see how the cuisines of various Amerindian cultures have survived and mixed with European and African cooking traditions. Read more about them here.
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South American Food Recipes
Here you can find about South American food recipes and the history of food on this continent. You have submitted family recipes from Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina.
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Oceanian Food Recipes
Australian and Oceanian food recipes have a few things in common; colonial and indigenous traditions have met to create these cuisines. However later migratory waves have changed that.
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Suggestions page our-food-recipes.com
This is the suggestions page for the site our-food-recipes.com. Go here if you want to suggest something to responsible for the site.
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Contact page our-food-recipes.com
This is the contact page for the site our-food-recipes.com. Go here if you want to get in touch with responsible for the site.
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