Food World
Discover 1708 iconic traditional dishes from 145 countries — what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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Laddu
Round sweets of flour, ghee and sugar for festivals.
Lagman
Hand-pulled noodles with lamb and pepper sauce.
Lángos
Deep-fried dough slathered with sour cream and cheese.
Larb
Zesty minced-meat salad with herbs and toasted rice.
Lassi
Cooling whipped-yoghurt drink, sweet or salted.
Lavangi
Chicken or fish stuffed with walnut and sour plum paste.
Lavash
Paper-thin flatbread baked on the wall of a clay oven.
Liangpi
Cold, chewy wheat-starch noodles in spicy vinegar sauce.
Liliputas
Liliputas is Lithuania's mild, semi-hard cow's-milk cheese from the Rokiškio dairy, creamy and slightly sweet with small, soft holes.
Lion's Head Meatballs
Giant tender pork meatballs braised with cabbage.
Lobio
Spiced kidney-bean stew with walnut and herbs.
Lukanka Panagyurska
Lukanka Panagyurska counts among the traditional food of Bulgaria, a sausage locals hold dear.
Lumache
A short, ridged Italian pasta shaped like a small snail shell, tossed in Tuscan ragù, walnut sauces, ricotta and spinach, or simple garlic and oil so the sauce catches in the spiral.
Lumache Alla Bresciana
Hailing from Italy, Lumache Alla Bresciana is a much-loved snail dish.
Lumache Alla Piemontese
Lumache Alla Piemontese is one of the classic dishes in the snail dish tradition of Italy.
Luqaimat
Crisp fried dough balls in date syrup.
Lynchburg Lemonade
Lynchburg Lemonade is a tart, tall cocktail of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey, triple sec, lemon and lemon-lime soda, named for the spirit's home town.
Maamoul
Semolina cookies filled with dates or nuts.
Mac and Cheese
Macaroni bound in a rich, gooey cheese sauce, baked till bubbling.
Machboos
Fragrant spiced rice with meat and dried lime.
Madeleine
Shell-shaped sponge cake with a signature little bump.
Mafé
Rich groundnut stew with meat and vegetables.
Manakish
Flatbread baked with za’atar and olive oil.
Manti
Tiny meat dumplings under garlicky yoghurt and chilli butter.