<p><strong>A chef bakes "Zanzibar pizza" in Dar es Salaam, <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/tanzania-guide/">Tanzania</a>, <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/2961957/">in a photograph by Seiji Kamei</a> taken in 2013.</strong></p><p dir="ltr">"Pizza" is a bit of a misnomer: The popular street food is actually a thin flatbread stuffed with savory or sweet ingredients.</p><p dir="ltr">To honor <a href="http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/">World Food Day</a>—established to raise awareness of world hunger and to celebrate the creation of the UN's <a href="http://www.fao.org/home/en/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> on October 16, 1945—we culled this selection of photographs from all those submitted by members of the Your Shot community that show the kitchen as the heart of people's lives. (See <a href="http://food.nationalgeographic.com/">National Geographic's Future of Food series</a>.)</p><p dir="ltr">You too can contribute to our food coverage by uploading food photos to Your Shot. Use <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/tags/yourplate/">#yourplate</a>.</p><p><em>—By Linda Qiu, photo gallery by Becky Harlan</em></p>