"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are," wrote renowned gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825.

The type of food we eat, how we prepare the ingredients to make a certain recipe, and ultimately how we consume and share it, is very telling of the actual essence of who we are and where we are from.

 Indeed food comprises an intrinsic part of our cultural profile.

Food encompasses everything that is important to people; it marks social differences and strengthens social bonds.

Common to all people yet it can signify very different things from table to table...