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Discover 1797 iconic traditional dishes from 151 countries - what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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Bambalouni
Tunisian deep-fried doughnut perfumed with orange-blossom water, sold hot from street carts along the Mediterranean corniches.
Tunisia ·
Tunisia (Tunis, Sidi Bouzid, Sfax, Hammamet, Sousse, Bizerte, Djerba) BeaverTails
BeaverTails is a Canadian fried-dough pastry stretched into a beaver-tail shape and topped with sweet spreads such as cinnamon sugar or chocolate.
Canada ·
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Bohinjski Žganci
Buckwheat porridge from the Bohinj valley in the Slovenian Alps, served with cracklings, butter, and milk.
Slovenia ·
Slovenia (Upper Carniola - Bohinj, Bled, Radovljica, Jesenice; Triglav National Park area) Borani Banjan
Borani banjan is an Afghan dish of fried aubergine slices layered with tomato and served under garlicky yogurt.
Afghanistan ·
Nationwide 
Bresse Bleu
A creamy mild blue-veined cow's-milk cheese developed in the Bresse region of eastern France in the early 1950s.
France ·
Bresse region, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France; widely produced under license abroad Buri Daikon
Buri Daikon is a Japanese winter braise of yellowtail belly and daikon radish in sweet soy - a homestyle comfort dish served from a donabe to the family table.
Japan ·
Kansai, Kanto, Nationwide Cabbie Claw
Cabbie Claw is an east-England fried fish specialty - thick-cut cod or haddock in a heavyweight flour batter, pioneered by Grimsby cab drivers.
United Kingdom ·
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire Coast 
Cabrito
Whole-roast kid goat from northern Mexico, pit-barbecued for hours and served with tortillas and salsa verde in Monterrey and Saltillo.
Mexico ·
Northern Mexico (Monterrey, Saltillo, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa) 
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Cabrito da Beira
IGP suckling kid goat from the Beira Interior of central Portugal, slow-roasted in wood ovens with potatoes for Easter and Christmas.
Portugal ·
Beira Interior (Guarda, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Trancoso, Sabugal) 
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Caltaboș
Romanian blood sausage from Moldavia, made with pork offal, rice, and spices for the Christmas pig-slaughter feast.
Romania ·
Romania (Moldavia - Iași, Bacău, Suceava, Neamț, Botoșani, Vaslui) Carbonada
Carbonada is an Argentine beef and vegetable stew cooked in a squash or pot, combining meat, corn, sweet potato and dried fruit.
Argentina ·
Cuyo 
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Crumpets
Crumpets are soft, round British griddle cakes with a spongy, holey surface, toasted and served with butter that melts into the pockets.
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Cuy Frito
Cuy Frito is Peru's classic spit-roasted or pan-fried guinea pig, marinated in cumin and huacatay and served whole with potatoes and ají.
Peru ·
Andean highlands (Junín, Huancavelica, Cusco, Cajamarca, Ayacucho) + Lima Andean restaurants 
Domoda
Domoda is a Gambian groundnut stew of meat and vegetables simmered in a thick, peanut-rich sauce and eaten with rice.
Gambia ·
Nationwide 
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Fiaker
Fiaker is a sweet Viennese coffee with rum or plum brandy, topped with a quenelle of whipped cream and served in a glass.
Austria ·
Vienna, especially the Innere Stadt cafés and the wine taverns of the Wienerwald 
Fiore Sardo
Fiore Sardo is the ancient DOP Sardinian smoked sheep's-milk cheese, smoked over lentisk and aged in cool caves.
Italy ·
Barbagia and Marghine (Nuoro province) + Sardinia-wide caseificio tradition + Italian specialty cheese shops 
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Fromage de Maredsous
Fromage de Maredsous is the Belgian abbey cheese made in collaboration with Maredsous Benedictine Abbey in Wallonia, in three styles.
Belgium ·
Maredsous Abbey (Denée, Molignée valley, Namur province, Wallonia) + Belgian abbey cheese tradition 
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Fruit Lambic
Fruit Lambic is a tart Belgian farmhouse beer brewed with whole fresh cherries, raspberries, or peaches in the Senne valley south of Brussels.
Haggis
Savoury Scottish pudding of oats, offal and spice.
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Horseshoe Sandwich
A Springfield, Illinois open-faced sandwich of bread, meat, fries, and a sharp cheddar-beer cheese sauce, on menus across central Illinois since the 1920s.
United States ·
Central Illinois, with Springfield as the origin and strong variations in Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal, Decatur, Peoria, and Madison, Wisconsin 
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Kamikaze
A bracing equal-parts cocktail of vodka, triple sec, and lime juice - a sour-family drink with Pacific War origins, served straight up in a chilled glass with a sugared rim.
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Khandvi
Khandvi is a Gujarati snack of thin gram flour and yogurt rolls, tempered with mustard seeds, sesame and coconut.
India ·
Gujarat Ktipiti
Ktipiti is a Greek dip of whipped feta with roasted red pepper, olive oil and a little chilli.
Greece ·
Nationwide 
Kugelis
Lithuanian baked potato pudding with eggs and onion, served with cold borscht and sour cream as a Sunday classic.
Lithuania ·
Lithuania (Aukštaitija, Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys) Showing our 506 fully written-up dishes.
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