immigrant cuisine
Transplanted culinary traditions
Immigrant cuisine refers to food traditions brought by people who have settled in a new country, typically preserved and adapted across generations.
The term often carries political or cultural weight, distinguishing these foods from the dominant culinary tradition: The city's immigrant cuisines—Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Salvadoran—transformed its food scene.
The phrase can sound clinical or othering, since no one calls French cooking in France "immigrant cuisine."
- ethnicOf a cultural group
- fusionJoining into unity
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- homelandOne's native land
- old countryImmigrant's ancestral homeland
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Traditional regional food
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Speedy prepared meals
processed food · frozen dinners · convenience food · microwave meals · TV dinners
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