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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026

From Cookbooks to Networks: A Framework for Comparing Multiethnic Ingredient Systems in Transylvania.

Zsolt Magyari-Sáska, Attila Magyari-Sáska, Lóránt Bálint-Bálint

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Zsolt Magyari-SáskaFaculty of Geography, Babes-Bolyai University, 535500 Gheorgheni, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5572-4132
Attila Magyari-SáskaFaculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0009-0007-5947-0313
Lóránt Bálint-BálintFaculty of Geography, Babes-Bolyai University, 535500 Gheorgheni, Romania.

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Abstract

Cookbooks serve as structured records of both ingredient repertoires and the underlying processing logics that define a culture's culinary identity. By modeling five Transylvanian ethnic traditions-Hungarian, Romanian, Transylvanian Saxon, Jewish, and Armenian-as weighted, undirected co-occurrence networks, we found that interethnic connectivity is driven primarily by technological processes rather than simple ingredient presence. Using purposive sampling, we compiled a harmonized corpus of 1409 recipes and applied explicit ingredient normalization (retention, aggregation, and deconstruction) and a 14-class functional taxonomy. We computed density, clustering, modularity, and centrality measures and compared cuisines with a binary Jaccard index, both at the category level and within four course types. Category networks reveal an exceptionally tight Hungarian-Romanian-Armenian triangle (

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centrality measurescommunity detectioncomputational gastronomyculinary acculturationfood technologyhistorical cookbooksingredient co-occurrence networksJaccard similaritynetwork scienceTransylvania

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