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Cuisine of the Mariana Islands (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Micronesian cuisine" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Yapese use local foods to express cultural values. Local foods bind the land and people together. [15]: 31–32 Common food grown in Yap include taro, yams, breadfruit, bananas, and reef fish. [15]: 33 Traditional agricultural systems on Yap include gardens, shifting cultivation, taro systems, and animal husbandry. [16]
Micronesia is a region in Oceania that includes approximately 2100 islands, with a total land area of 2,700 km 2 (1,000 sq mi), the largest of which is Guam, which covers 582 km 2 (225 sq mi).
A staple food of the Marshallese culture is rice. The intake of rice was most likely influenced by the Korean. The Marshallese eat meats like pork, fish, shellfish, chicken. Considering that it is an island there is no beef unless shipped frozen. With the many coconut trees on the island, coconuts would be a staple food as well.
Map of the islands of the Federated States of Micronesia. List of the islands of the Federated States of Micronesia, in the central and western Caroline Islands Archipelago of the Western Pacific Ocean. The islands are within the Micronesia cultural and ecological region of Oceania. There are 607 islands and islets in the Federated States of ...
Kosrae (/ k oʊ ˈ ʃ aɪ / koh-SHY), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Caroline Islands archipelago, and state within the Federated States of Micronesia. It includes the main island of Kosrae and a few nearby islands and islets, the most significant of which ( Lelu Island ) is inhabited by 1,500 people.
The Federated States of Micronesia (/ ˌ m aɪ k r oʊ ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ⓘ; abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania.The federation consists of four states—from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae—that span across the western Pacific just north of the equator, for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi).
Pohnpei in Micronesia. Pohnpei (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, from Pohnpeian: "upon (pohn) a stone altar (pei)") is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnpei State, one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).