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UNESCO treats the Mediterranean diet as knowledge, crops, preparation and shared meals — a cultural practice rather than a simple list of foods.

Food culture around the Mediterranean

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The idea in context

The word diet comes from a broader idea of way of life, and here that matters. Olive oil, grains, vegetables, fruit, legumes, fish and herbs are part of the pattern, but so are markets, harvests, preservation, cooking and eating with others. A meal can be nutrition, memory and social glue at once. Food is never only fuel once culture has touched it.

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UNESCO, Akdeniz diyetini bilgi, ürün, hazırlama ve birlikte yemek etrafında ele alır — yalnızca yiyecek listesi değil, kültürel bir pratiktir.

Akdeniz çevresinde yemek kültürü

Diyet sözcüğü daha geniş bir yaşama biçimi fikrinden gelir; burada bu önemlidir. Zeytinyağı, tahıllar, sebzeler, meyveler, baklagiller, balık ve otlar örüntünün parçasıdır; ama pazarlar, hasatlar, saklama, pişirme ve başkalarıyla yemek de öyledir. Bir öğün aynı anda beslenme, bellek ve sosyal bağ olabilir. Kültür dokunduğunda yemek yalnızca yakıt olmaktan çıkar.

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UNESCO treats the Mediterranean diet as knowledge, crops, preparation and shared meals — a cultural practice rather than a simple list of foods.

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