Food World

Lefse

Soft potato flatbread rolled with butter and sugar.

Norway · Nationwide

Mchadi

Mchadi is a plain Georgian cornbread, pan-fried into small round cakes and eaten with cheese or bean stew.

Georgia · Nationwide

Mechouia

Mechouia is a Tunisian salad of grilled and chopped peppers, tomatoes and garlic, dressed with olive oil and often topped with tuna, egg or olives.

Tunisia · North Africa

Canada · Quebec, Montreal - the Plateau, Outremont, and the Main (Saint-Laurent Boulevard)

Street Food

Montreal Smoked Meat

Cured and hot-smoked beef brisket served thick-cut on rye with yellow mustard - the Jewish-deli classic that defines Montreal\u0027s Main.

Greece · Greece (Mytilene/Lesvos, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Kavala, Cyclades - Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros)

Seafood

Mydia Saganaki

Aegean mussels cooked saganaki-style in tomato, ouzo, and feta, served bubbling in the pan with crusty bread.

Rice Dishes

Nasi Timbel

Nasi Timbel is a Sundanese rice dish from West Java, Indonesia: fragrant steamed rice wrapped in banana leaf, served with fried chicken, sambal, and fresh vegetables.

Indonesia · West Java

Canada · Quebec (Îles de la Madeleine)

Perepichka

A golden yeast-dough pastry wrapped around a smoked pork sausage - Kyiv's favourite street snack, sold from kiosks and eaten on the move.

Ukraine · Kyiv

Cheese & Dairy

Pied-de-Vent

Pied-de-Vent is an artisanal washed-rind cheese from Quebec’s Îles de la Madeleine, made from the milk of rare Canadian cows and named for the islands’ warm wind.

Pinakbet

Pinakbet is a Filipino vegetable stew of squash, beans, okra and bitter melon simmered with tomatoes and fermented shrimp paste.

Philippines · Ilocos

Haiti · Haiti (nationwide, with regional herb variations between Port-au-Prince and the Cap-Haïtien north)

Meat & Grills

Poulet Aux Noix

A Haitian chicken stew braised in a thick, deeply browned sauce of ground walnuts, caramelised onions, scotch bonnet, and Creole herbs - served with white rice and pikliz.

Desserts & Sweets

Prekmurska Gibanica

Prekmurska gibanica is Slovenia's layered Prekmurje cake with poppy seed, cottage cheese, walnut and apple fillings between delicate pastry, a festive classic.

Slovenia · Prekmurje

Desserts & Sweets

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie is a North American dessert of spiced pumpkin custard baked in a pastry crust, a fixture of autumn and Thanksgiving.

United States · New England

Iran · Hormozgan and Bushehr provinces along the Persian Gulf coast - Bandar Abbas, Minab, Qeshm Island

Desserts & Sweets

Ranginak

Ranginak is a sticky date-and-almond sweet from southern Iran, fried in ghee and rolled in cardamom-sesame sugar - a fixture of Hormozgan iftar trays.

Rugbrod

Rugbrod is a dense Danish rye bread, dark and sour, sliced thin for smorrebrod or eaten with butter and cheese.

Denmark · Nationwide

Indonesia · Bali (especially the southern coast and Denpasar)

Rujak Bulung

A Balinese seaweed salad tossed with palm-sugar dressing, peanuts, chilli and lime - slippery, sweet-sour, and served by the bucket on a square of banana leaf.

Sadza

Stiff white maize porridge, the national staple.

Zimbabwe · Nationwide

Noodles & Pasta

Scialatelli

Scialatelli are thick fresh pasta strands from Campania, Italy, served with Mediterranean seafood along the Amalfi Coast. The pasta of "taking it easy."

Italy · Campania

Noodles & Pasta

Spaghettoni

Spaghettoni is a thicker, heavier cut of Italian spaghetti, dry durum wheat pasta that suits robust sauces.

Italy · Nationwide

Soups & Stews

Stovies

Stovies is a Scottish potato stew of potatoes, onions and leftover meat, slow cooked into a soft, warming home dish.

Scotland · Nationwide

Meat & Grills

Tourtière

Tourtière is a French Canadian savoury meat pie, a Quebec tradition especially at Christmas and New Year, spiced and baked in pastry.

Canada · Quebec

Ugali

Firm cornmeal staple eaten with stews and greens.

Kenya · East Africa