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Our Mission
Our mission is to document every culinary tradition in the world. At the root of every culture is a rich tradition of preparing and using food. Until now, those traditions have only been captured in fragments, spread over thousands of books, many of which are out of print and are lost to the majority of mankind. We want to bring all of these traditions together and preserve them for future generations.

This effort spans several levels. There are national and regional traditions, such as Kashmiri from India and soul food in the southern United States. A more timely example is the culinary traditions of New Orleans, which was endangered by the recent disaster. On a more personal level, every family has recipes and traditions that are unique and should be preserved for future generations.

We have started our first part of this project in English, but we also will expand to every other language, so that anyone around the world can log on and read about food cultures around the world.

Imagine a remote valley in the Himalayas where there is a tribe with its own unique way of cooking and celebrating the use of food. Or an ethnic group in the Caucasus whose unique diet enhances longevity and health. This kind of information can enrich our own understanding of other cultures and our quality of life so it should be recorded and preserved before it disappears forever.

Please help us by joining our cause. Become a part of this worldwide site by documenting any culinary techniques or recipes from your family, or your region or your ethnic group.

This is a community-developed web site! Have recipes? Share them! Have information about cooking related subjects? Share it!

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