Cooking, the process of preparing food for consumption with heat. Cooking is basically as old as development itself, and spectators have seen it as both a workmanship and a science. Its diversity and traditions reflect distinct social, cultural, and environmental influences, and its history sheds light on the very beginnings of human settlement. The development of cooking up until the emergence of national cuisines is traced in the following article. See also food; exquisite cuisine; a new cuisine; atomic gastronomy; culture segments of grouped country articles.
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