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Anhui
A mountainous central Chinese cuisine known as Hui, built around wild herbs, foraged mushrooms, and patient stewing over a low flame.
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Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 5-letter Cuisines
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Cajun
A rustic southern Louisiana cuisine of Acadian descendants, built on the dark roux, the holy trinity of pepper-onion-celery, and slow-cooked one-pot meals.
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Cuban
An island cuisine of slow-roasted pork, black beans, rice, and a mojo of garlic-citrus-cumin, blending Spanish colonial, African, and Taino indigenous strands.
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Greek
A foundational Mediterranean cuisine of olive oil, lemon, oregano, and seafood, with a long tradition of feta, lamb, and the Orthodox fasting calendar.
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Hunan
A central Chinese cuisine known as Xiang, leaning on fresh chili, smoke, and sourness for a sharper, drier heat than its Sichuan neighbor.
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Vegan
A modern cross-cuisine movement built around plant-based eating, drawing on Indian, East Asian, Mediterranean, and Ethiopian vegetarian traditions for its deep recipe well.
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