Oceanian cuisine

Other than by climate and produce availability, Australian cuisine has been influenced by the tastes of settlers to Australia. The British colonial period established a strong base of interest in Anglo-Celtic style recipes and methods. Later influences developed out of multicultural immigration and included Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisines. Mediterranean cuisine influences from Greek cuisine, Italian cuisine, and Lebanese cuisine influences are strong, also influences from French cuisine, Indian cuisine, Spanish cuisine, and Turkish cuisine, German cuisine, and African cuisine. Regional Australian cuisines commonly use locally grown vegetables based on seasonal availability, and Australia also has large fruit-growing regions. The Granny Smith variety of apples originated in Sydney, Australia in 1868. In the Southern states of Victoria and South Australia, in particular the Barossa Valley, wines and food reflect the region's traditions and heritage. Australia's climate makes barbecues commonplace. Barbecue stalls selling sausages and fried onion on white bread with tomato or barbecue sauce are common. • Australian cuisine • New South Wales cuisine • Northern Territory cuisine • Queensland cuisine • South Australian cuisine • Tasmanian cuisine • Victorian cuisine • Western Australian cuisine • Christmas Island cuisine • Cocossian cuisine • Norfolk Island cuisine File:Balmain Bug (841993847).jpg|A cooked Balmain bug. Also known as the butterfly fan lobster, it is a species of slipper lobster that lives in shallow waters around Australia. File:Australian bush tucker, Alice Springs.jpg|Bush tucker (bush foods) harvested at Alice Springs Desert Park. Bush foods are edible native plant species and animal products used by indigenous Australians as a contemporary or traditional food. File:Granny smith and cross section.jpg|Granny Smith apples originated in Australia. File:Hspchips_(cropped).jpg|Halal snack pack, an Australian fast food dish of doner kebab meat and chips with sauces. File:Hannover 2009 -Australisches Restaurant- by RaBoe005.jpg|A dish from an Australian restaurant. File:Hannover 2010 - Australisches Restaurant- by RaBoe 004.jpg|A fruit dessert dish in an Australian restaurant. ==Melanesia==

• Fijian cuisine • New Caledonian cuisine • Papua New Guinean cuisine • Solomon Islands cuisine • Vanuatuan cuisine File:Laplap_sosor.jpg|Laplap, the national dish of Vanuatu. ==Micronesia==

• Gilbertese cuisine • Guam (Chamorro) cuisine • Marshallese cuisine • Micronesian cuisine • Nauruan cuisine • Northern Marianan cuisine • Palauan cuisine File:Paniki manado.jpg|Paniki in yellow soup ==Polynesia==

Polynesian cuisine encompasses the culinary practices of Polynesia, an area notably defined as the Polynesian Triangle and, occasionally, the Polynesian outliers that have been settled by Polynesian seafarers. The vast area of Polynesia has had a great influence on the cuisine itself, which differs as a result of climate, geography and neighbouring island groups, such as the practice of harvesting and boiling down coconut sap in the atolls from Micronesian peoples or the harvesting and processing of sago in the outliers from Melanesians. Polynesian cuisine has been influenced by the traditional ingredients and preparations of the Polynesians, as well as European, Asian and American culinary practices. Polynesian cuisine has influenced Malagasy cuisine. • American Samoan cuisine • Cook Islands cuisine • French Polynesian cuisine • Hawaiian cuisine • Native Hawaiian cuisine • New Zealand cuisine • Māori cuisine • Niuean cuisine • Pascuense cuisine • Pitcairn Islands cuisine • Samoan cuisine • Tokelauan cuisine • Tongan cuisine • Tuvaluan cuisine • Wallis and Futuna cuisine File:Hangi prepare.jpg|A hāngī being prepared, a New Zealand Māori method of cooking food for special occasions using hot rocks buried in a pit oven. Image:Pavlova.png|A pavlova is a meringue-based dessert and an icon of Australian and New Zealand cuisine. File:Bowl of poi.jpg|A bowl of poi, a starchy paste eaten in Eastern Polynesia. Image:Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis) 1 Luc Viatour edit.jpg|Kiwifruit, a well-known New Zealand food. File:Pig on the Samoan Umu.jpg|Samoan umu, an oven of hot rocks above ground. == See also ==