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Ever Wondered About Food?
Global Diets
As the range of different restaurants serving different culture's cuisines suggests, the world does not approach each food stuff with a single mind. Discover how different foods are approached differently in different countries with our global diet map.

The tool is a Flash file, but if you don't have Flash on your computer, click here to get it.

If you'd prefer to read the information in a standard webpage, you can choose to see Global diet - Just the facts.



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