ethnic cuisine
Heritage-based food traditions
Ethnic cuisine refers to food traditions associated with particular cultural, national, or regional groups, especially those considered foreign or exotic relative to the speaker's own background.
The term usually describes restaurants or dishes outside the dominant culture: They went out for ethnic cuisine typically means something other than standard American or European fare.
The label has an othering quality—what counts as "ethnic" depends entirely on who's speaking.
Thai food is ethnic cuisine in Ohio but just food in Bangkok.
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- spice blendsCombined dried flavorings
- curryAromatic South Asian dish
- melting potCultural fusion place
- dumplingsFilled dough parcels
culinary tourism · regional specialties · spice markets · diaspora · ancestral · street food · food traditions · family recipes · traditional recipes · comfort dishes · herbs · food trucks · hole in the wall · mom and pop · ingredients · cultural identity · homeland · old country
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- eateriesrestaurant, diner, bistro, cafeteria, pizzeria
- food culturefood customs, table manners, food traditions, culinary traditions, dining etiquette
- cultural diversitycultural diversity, Chinatown, Little Italy, international district, cultural district
- food traditionstraditional cooking, family recipes, heirloom recipes, folk recipes, food customs
- heritagecultural traditions, museum, national heritage, archive, monument
ethnic cuisinefast food
Speedy prepared meals
processed food · convenience food · junk food · frozen dinners · microwave meals