My "Bread Maker" check is only valid if you interpret hands, cutting board and bowls as a "bread maker" ;-)

I was surprised on reading this to realize that even though I live in a sleepy, bedroom community suburb of the city, I have every one of those cuisines (in some cases several) within a 5 mile radius of my house (fudging a little with the Afghan - there's an excellent Kebab House that is sort of a mix of Persian and Afghan cuisines).