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Recipe Roots

The culinary ancestry atlas. Explore the DNA of world cuisines — their ingredients, techniques, and the historical connections that shaped them.

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Recipe Roots — A culinary ancestry project

88 cultures · 1230+ dishes · 1 planet

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Curated scholars, cooks, and writers connected to atlas cuisines — not a follower leaderboard.

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Yuki Nakamura

Chef & fermentation researcher

Explores koji, pickling, and coastal Japanese foodways with a focus on home kitchens and intergenerational technique.

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Fuchsia Dunlop

Writer & Cook · Chinese Gastronomy

The first Westerner to train as a chef at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine; authoritative voice on regional Chinese foodways.

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