Indigenous cuisine of the Americas
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The many indigenous tribes and nations of the Americas (see Indigenous cultures of North America, Indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica and Indigenous cultures of South America) each had somewhat different foods, and many of their dishes are available today.
In most cases there has been considerable influence in both directions between indigenous cultures and colonial cultures. This article therefore overlaps considerably with articles on the other cuisines of the region.
UnderstandThe Neolithic revolution — where agriculture began and people who had previously been hunter-gatherers settled near their crops and soon developed irrigation and cities — seems to have occurred independently in at least…
FoodsWhile some native groups have been farming for a thousand years or more, and many others have settled on reservations or in towns in recent centuries, hunting and fishing are still common and much native cooking…
DrugsA number of common drugs originated in the Americas, though their use in indigenous societies was often rather different from how they came to be used elsewhere.
DestinationsSome of these foods are available in restaurants or stores on reserves or in other native communities; see Indigenous cultures of North America, Indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica and Indigenous cultures of South…
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Indigenous cuisine of the Americas" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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