Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- What is a Cuisine? -- How This Book Works -- Kitchen Essentials -- Europe -- The Grape Vine -- France -- Normandy -- Loire Valley -- Lyon (RhÔne-Alpes) -- Provence -- Spain -- Catalonia -- Northern Spain -- Central Spain -- AndalucÍa -- Fried Foundations -- Portugal -- Italy -- Lazio -- Emilia-Romagna -- Calabria -- Sicily -- Veneto -- Eastern Europe -- Germany -- Scandinavia -- The Middle East -- Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice -- Turkey -- The Levant -- Israel -- Iran -- Asia -- Shaking Up the Spice Route -- India -- North India -- South India -- Thailand -- Vietnam -- China -- Guangdong (Canton) -- Sichuan -- Korea -- Japan -- Africa -- Hot Stuff -- Ethiopia -- West Africa -- Morocco -- The Americas -- Melting Pots -- California -- Louisiana -- Mexico -- Caribbean (Jamaica) -- Peru -- Brazil -- Argentina -- Further Reading -- Stockists -- Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index.