Investigation of Similarities and Differences of Turkish and Spanish Cuisine Cultures

Eating-drinking is a biological need as well as consist of material elements satisfying the needs of societies and individuals. Eating-drinking habit which is an indispensable element of the culture, assumes many functions from the past until now such as being a status symbol in society, means of communication, means of spare time and entertainment and making different cultures closer. The cuisine culture are the accumulations which contain the food/beverages that a nation consumes, preparation of such food/beverages and the tools and materials used in protection of them. A formation of a cuisine culture is possible by ages of accumulation and interaction. Turkish and Spanish cuisines are one of the richest cuisines of the world in terms of their long standing historical past, rich content and cultural features they possess. In this context, it is important to review similar and different aspects of these two rich cuisine cultures. In this regard, it is aimed to reveal similarities and differences between Turkish cuisine culture and Spanish cuisine culture. In addition to this, in the food and beverage field which is one of the leading sectors of today, cuisine culture of the region that tourists visit should be known in order to give better service to tourists. Accordingly, secondary sources were used during data collection process in this study which is designed as literature review. Besides, Turkish and Spanish cuisine cultures were observed, similar and different aspects were tried to be identified. According to the results of the research, it is seen that there are many similarities between Turkish and Spanish cuisine.

Keywords

Cuisine, Cuisine Culture, Turkish Cuisine, Spanish Cuisine.