--- title: 11 Maps Made Entirely Out of the Food The Places Are Famous For description: Australia… as portrayed by shrimp canonical: https://time.com/21710/11-beautiful-maps-made-out-of-the-food-each-country-is-famous-for/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-12T18:40:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:47.018Z og:title: 11 Beautiful Maps Made Out of the Food Each Country Is Famous For og:description: Australia… as portrayed by shrimp og:url: https://time.com/21710/11-beautiful-maps-made-out-of-the-food-each-country-is-famous-for/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 11 Beautiful Maps Made Out of the Food Each Country Is Famous For twitter:description: Australia… as portrayed by shrimp twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 11 Beautiful Maps Made Out of the Food by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 12, 2014 6:40 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 12, 2014 6:40 PM UTC **Correction appended, March 14** Cartography just got a much tastier look. Artists Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves created a [series of maps made entirely out of the foods for which the countries and continents are known.](http://www.hargreavesandlevin.com) “Exploring new places through the food you eat is often a portal to the cultural complexities of that place,” Hargreaves told TIME in an email. “While we know that tomatoes originally came from the Andes in South America, Italy has become the tomato king. These maps show how food has traveled the globe—transforming and becoming a part of the cultural identity of that place. Who doesn’t know the saying “throw some shrimp on the barbie” and not think of Australia? Who goes to France without eating bread and cheese? And who makes a Brazilian caipirinha without a fistful of limes?” **The United States, Corn**  Hargreaves and Levin **Italy, Tomatoes**  Hargreaves and Levin **Australia, Shrimp**  Hargreaves and Levin **China, Noodles**  Hargreaves and Levin **France, Cheese and Bread**  Hargreaves and Levin **Japan, Seaweed**  Hargreaves and Levin **Africa, Bananas and Plantains**  Hargreaves and Levin **India, Spices**  Hargreaves and Levin **New Zealand, Kiwi**  Hargreaves and Levin **South America, Citrus**  Hargreaves and Levin **Ireland the United Kingdom, Biscuits**  Hargreaves and Levin _Correction: The original version of this story and headline incorrectly described all of the places depicted as countries. The story was also updated to clarify that Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21710/11-beautiful-maps-made-out-of-the-food-each-country-is-famous-for/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21710/11-beautiful-maps-made-out-of-the-food-each-country-is-famous-for/"},"headline":"11 Beautiful Maps Made Out of the Food","datePublished":"2014-03-12T18:40:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:47.018Z","description":"Australia… as portrayed by shrimp","url":"https://time.com/21710/11-beautiful-maps-made-out-of-the-food-each-country-is-famous-for/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food","Internet","Maps","Art"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/21710/11-beautiful-maps-made-out-of-the-food-each-country-is-famous-for/","name":"11 Beautiful Maps Made Out of the Food"}}]}] ```