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Monegasque Foodways

Cüjina munegasca

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The food of Monaco: a LIGURIAN coastal kitchen, not a French or Italian one, however much of both surrounds it. Chickpea and chard, olive oil, anchovy and sardine, herbs off the dry hillside, stuffed and fried things, citrus and almond — the cooking of a rock between the sea and the Alps, with almost no farmland and a fishing port at its centre. ⚠ AND IT IS NOT THE MONTE-CARLO RESTAURANT SCENE, which is a separate and much more recent thing.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Monégasques community documented

Languages: Monegasque, Ligurian

What is recorded

  • Monegasque foodways are recorded as a first-class national system with no cuisine as a parent. The closest relationship is Ligurian, followed by French and Italian, all as typed edges. Monaco is not modelled as a region of either neighbour. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to French documented

    French is the official language, France surrounds Monaco on three sides, and French technique shaped its restaurant cooking from the 19th century.

  • related to Italian documented

    The Italian border is a few kilometres away, a large share of residents are Italian, and the Ventimiglia market supplies the Principality.

  • related to Mediterranean documented

Regional cuisines

Recipes

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