However, the threat to national cuisines remains - perhaps even reinforced by the obvious benefits mentioned. To preserve distinctive national cuisines may have something to do with human behavior. What unites all great national cuisines, besides regional variety, ingenious use of available resources and an influence on international eating habits, is the attitude toward food. A proper respect for eating means more than a human necessity. Food should be central to one's life. Good food, well-cooked and attractively presented, is one of the pleasures of life which the national cuisines of India, France and China have given to us.