@cuisines
Asia is the largest, most populated continent on Earth and contains within its over 17 million square miles (44.5 million square kilometers) 49 countries that together are home to about 60% of the world population. From the northernmost reaches of Russia’s Siberia to the thousands of tropical islands making up Indonesia, the vast Arabian Desert spanning much of Saudi Arabia to the heavily forested, mountainous archipelago of Japan—Asia is incredibly rich and diverse when it comes to geography, climate, economy, politics, people groups, and, of course, cuisines.