stovefrontier
/ˈstəʊvˌfrʌntɪə/nounVerified NewThe border drawn through cuisine: the running feud over which nation a dish, drink, or method belongs to.
Recipes carry passports nobody issued, and every dispute is at once agricultural, historical, and petty in the way only food can be. Heritage certificates do not settle anything; they raise the stakes.
Etym. — stove + frontier: territory you can taste.
Rel. — spicesuitcase
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