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Chapter 30
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559
Geography and Climate of the
British Isles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Cuisine of the British Isles . . . . . . . . . 564
Geography and Climate of France . . . 571
French Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
French Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Geography and Climate of Germany . 580
German Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
German Agriculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
German Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Geography and Climate of
Scandinavia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Scandinavian Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
Scandinavian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Chapter 31
Mediterranean Countries . . . . . . .601
Geography and Climate of Spain . . . . 603
Spanish Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Spanish Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Geography and Climate of Italy . . . . . 612
Italian Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Italian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Geography and Climate of Greece . . . 622
Greek Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Greek Cuisine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Chapter 32
Middle East and Africa. . . . . . . . .633
Geography and Climate of the
Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Middle Eastern Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Middle Eastern Cuisine. . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Geography and Climate of Israel . . . . 645
Israeli Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Israeli Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Climate and Geography of Africa . . . . 652
African Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
African Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Chapter 33
Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661
Geography and Climate of Russia . . . 662
Russian Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Russian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Geography and Climate of India . . . . . 669
Indian Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Indian Cuisine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Geography and Climate of China . . . . 678
Chinese Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Chinese Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Geography and Climate of Japan . . . . 688
Japanese Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Japanese Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Appendix A
Nutritional Goals for
Age-Gender Groups. . . . . . . . .700
Appendix B
Eating Well with
Canada’s Food Guide . . . . . . .702
Appendix C
Applying and Interviewing
for a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718
Recipe Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741