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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8152980" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>I haven't gone into exceptional detail about the full diet of people who live in the Tarrakhuna, but it's heavily drawing inspiration from the kinds of food eaten in Morocco and North Africa generally, with a few notes from the Middle East and India. Because there's a (relatively) large middle-class-equivalent, and the main city of the setting is possibly the trade capital of the world, <em>and</em> magic can be used to keep food from spoiling, there are some actual legitimate restaurants which serve a variety of food from various places. Some cater to the rich, some to the commonfolk, some a spectrum. Lady Safiyya's Coffeehouse is one of the most prestigious meeting-places in the city, for example, and is absolutely a restaurant (just not one that specializes in <em>meals</em>).</p><p></p><p>However, as a result of some of the recent conversations here on ENWorld, I've come to realize that there's really a very cohesive underlying concept for the dragonborn diet and physiology. So I've been thinking about how they make sure they get enough protein. Thus far the two bits I've come up with are underground fungus-farming and a much higher quantity of cheese and nuts vs. ordinary grains (and probably favoring grains with higher innate protein content to begin with, such as sorghum, buckwheat, teff, or a personal favorite, amaranth). I usually think of the dragonborn homeland as being semi-arid, so they probably needed to find sources of water or build irrigation systems to make their ranching and farming activity sustainable. That would also dovetail nicely with the loose idea in the 4e fan community that engineering is something Arkhosia took pride in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8152980, member: 6790260"] I haven't gone into exceptional detail about the full diet of people who live in the Tarrakhuna, but it's heavily drawing inspiration from the kinds of food eaten in Morocco and North Africa generally, with a few notes from the Middle East and India. Because there's a (relatively) large middle-class-equivalent, and the main city of the setting is possibly the trade capital of the world, [I]and[/I] magic can be used to keep food from spoiling, there are some actual legitimate restaurants which serve a variety of food from various places. Some cater to the rich, some to the commonfolk, some a spectrum. Lady Safiyya's Coffeehouse is one of the most prestigious meeting-places in the city, for example, and is absolutely a restaurant (just not one that specializes in [I]meals[/I]). However, as a result of some of the recent conversations here on ENWorld, I've come to realize that there's really a very cohesive underlying concept for the dragonborn diet and physiology. So I've been thinking about how they make sure they get enough protein. Thus far the two bits I've come up with are underground fungus-farming and a much higher quantity of cheese and nuts vs. ordinary grains (and probably favoring grains with higher innate protein content to begin with, such as sorghum, buckwheat, teff, or a personal favorite, amaranth). I usually think of the dragonborn homeland as being semi-arid, so they probably needed to find sources of water or build irrigation systems to make their ranching and farming activity sustainable. That would also dovetail nicely with the loose idea in the 4e fan community that engineering is something Arkhosia took pride in. [/QUOTE]
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