Regional Cuisine - Hunan Cuisine Hunan cuisine shares many commonalities with its close, more well-known cousin, Szechwan cooking, Both cuisines originate in the Western region of China. The climate there is sub-tropical – humid and warm enough to encourage the use of fiery spices to help cool the body, and to require high spicing ... Similar Editorial : The Regional Cuisine by Vinod Kumar. | Source : Rice Dish Recipes