Tunisia is this beautiful coastal land at the most northern tip of Africa, in the cross-roads of Eastern and Western cultures at the center of the Mediterranean region. Its documented 8,000-year history has been influenced by religions such as Paganism (with the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians), Judaism (in Soussa and Djerba), Christianity (early Christianity) and Islam (since the 8th Century). For a quick overview of Tunisian culinary ingredients, here is a short list of typical elements: