| We usually forget that
essentially there is only one single settlement area -the world- and that we live in a wide variety of different climates within that
geography. We forget that we eat one another’s foods, that we
influence one another’s food cultures, and that the exchanges and
cultural osmosis are mutual. And we mustn’t forget that food
culture is a phenomenon that has been with us since the
beginning of human evolution. The cultural transformation is
ongoing. Even before we existed in this geography, its cuisines
were taking shape. And they continue to morph and take shape
while we’re here, and this process will continue once we have
passed on, too.
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