History
Sephardi Jews are the Jews of Spain and Portugal who were expelled in 1492, many of whom settled in Turkey and the Balkans. The Spanish and Portuguese Jews and Ladino-speaking Balkan, Greek and Turkish Jews are, by this convention, called "Sephardim", while the remaining Jews of Arab countries are called "Mizrahim." In this sense, "Sephardi cuisine" would refer only to the culinary traditions of the first group.
Both the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula and the Jews of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Egypt and Greece adapted local dishes to the constraints of the kosher kitchen. Since the establishment of a Jewish state and the convergence of Jews from all the globe in Israel, these local cuisines, with all their differences, have come to represent the collection of culinary traditions broadly known as "Sephardi cuisine."
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