By cuisine

The world's cuisines, by flavor.

Every cuisine tastes like something — a center of gravity across savory depth, bright acid, heat, and richness. Here's the flavor character of each cuisine in the Palate corpus, read straight from the engine's profiles, with a few dishes to start from.

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American

128 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Greek

110 dishes

Leans sour & bright & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Italian-American

110 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Indian

99 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Thai

89 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Mexican

85 dishes

Leans sour & bright & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Japanese

81 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Italian

79 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Middle Eastern

79 dishes

Leans sour & bright & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Korean

63 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Chinese-American

58 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Vietnamese

57 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Tex-Mex

50 dishes

Leans umami & savory & sour & bright across the corpus.

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French

49 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Cajun/Creole

49 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Spanish

47 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Chinese

45 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Moroccan

41 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sour & bright across the corpus.

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German

38 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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British

36 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Filipino

35 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Brazilian

31 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Turkish

31 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Mediterranean

31 dishes

Leans sour & bright & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Southern

31 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Hungarian

30 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sweet & fruity across the corpus.

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Portuguese

30 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Peruvian

29 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Scandinavian

29 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sweet & fruity across the corpus.

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Lebanese

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sour & bright across the corpus.

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Polish

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Russian

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Malaysian

28 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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American Southern

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sweet & fruity across the corpus.

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Jamaican

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sweet & fruity across the corpus.

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Persian

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Georgian

28 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Indonesian

27 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Nigerian

27 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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American classic

27 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Egyptian

26 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sweet & fruity across the corpus.

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Ethiopian

26 dishes

Leans umami & savory & sour & bright across the corpus.

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Argentine

26 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Cuban

24 dishes

Leans rich & fat & sweet & fruity across the corpus.

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Cajun

19 dishes

Leans umami & savory & sour & bright across the corpus.

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Southern US

15 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Latin American

11 dishes

Leans sweet & fruity & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Fusion

10 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Irish

9 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Middle Eastern Fusion

9 dishes

Leans rich & fat & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Caribbean

8 dishes

Leans sour & bright & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Sichuan

8 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Thai-inspired

7 dishes

Leans umami & savory & sour & bright across the corpus.

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Hawaiian

6 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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American BBQ

6 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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Mexican-American

6 dishes

Leans sour & bright & umami & savory across the corpus.

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Asian-American

5 dishes

Leans umami & savory & rich & fat across the corpus.

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