We eat on a few one time per a day, we invent new dishes and perfect the methods of preparation old, we study a culinary art and try the kitchen of other countries and continents, but here even take no notice on that, how closely history of meal is related to history of civilization. It seems, what no connection is and a meal has no history.History is actually - and yet what!Our meal evolved, id est developed together with us. Between the piece of meat, by chance tumbling into a fire in immemorial times and modern стриплойном there is an enormous difference, and at the same time between them through centuries and millenniums family connection is traced. Exactly such connection is traced and between grains that once soaked in water in an order to eat, and present assortment of porridges and pilaus. Even between a catholic post and Japanese dishes of темпура there is connection, it is though difficult to believe in it. In our world all is associate!How did religious beliefs influence on the kitchen of the world people?Why did trading in living rams prosper on the ancient Arabic markets?How did the Indian cooks convert oversea dishes into cleanly Indian by means of yoghurt?Why did the Japanese emperors, in spite of religious prohibition, feed with soldiers meat?As development of sea-born trade affected on to the Italian and Byzantine kitchen?Why did turkic манты on Russian earth become economical and little meat dumplings?What did the purchase of meal and spicinesses become the considerable item of expenses from at the court of Lui XIV?How is October revolution 1917 year in Russia pranged centuries-old tradition of making of the Russian dishes?