Assertion: cuisine's food | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: for the inhabitants of these islands
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in southern cuisine
type: LOCATION
value: in soul food
type: LOCATION
value: at that time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Food and culture were very important at that time as we can see from the cookbook (Apicius) which dates back to first century BC.
text: Several foods that are essential in southern cuisine and soul food were domesticated or consumed in the African savanna and the tropical regions of West and Central Africa.
text: For the inhabitants of these islands, food is so important, that it is perceived as an integral part of local culture and art and also an essential body of the communal existence.
text: Jennifer Berg, director of graduate food studies at New York University, notes that food is particularly important when you become part of a diaspora, separated from your mother culture.