Title
Kissing Cuisines: Exploring Worldwide Culinary Habits on the Web.
Abstract
As food and nutrition occupy an increasingly prevalent space on the web, dishes and recipes shared online provide an invaluable mirror into culinary cultures and attitudes around the world. More specifically, ingredients, flavors, and nutrition information become strong signals of the taste preferences of individuals and civilizations. However, there is little understanding of these palate varieties. In this paper, we present a large-scale study of recipes published on the web and their content, aiming to understand cuisines and culinary habits around the world. Using a database of more than 157K recipes from over 200 different cuisines, we analyze ingredients, flavors, and nutritional values which distinguish dishes from different regions, and use this knowledge to assess the predictability of recipes from different cuisines. We then use country health statistics to understand the relation between these factors and health indicators of different nations, such as obesity, diabetes, migration, and health expenditure. Our results confirm the strong effects of geographical and cultural similarities on recipes, health indicators, and culinary preferences between countries around the world.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1145/3041021.3055137
Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web Companion
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-4914-7
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.47
15
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sina Sajadmanesh1151.95
Sina Jafarzadeh250.81
Seyed Ali Ossia350.47
Hamid R. Rabiee433641.77
hamed haddadi5543.61
Yelena Mejova630226.90
Mirco Musolesi73365204.65
Emiliano De Cristofaro8116177.02
Gianluca Stringhini970161.87