One of the most exciting thing for me has always been feeling the different cultures in the worlds via something. Sometimes this “something” was a historical building sometimes it was a story from their ancestor but it was mostly “Food”.
Once you try to make a food, there are many parameters in it. Technics, knowledge, know about the materials you use. However, the biggest thing you need is what that food will mean for you and the people who are going to taste this food and in order to know this you should probably know the culture of the people and food.
When you taste a new food, you can imagine all the way food came on and all the culture of the people cooking it. Because, while cooking you put all your cultural knowledge in it.