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Croissant

Croissant

A laminated French breakfast pastry. This is a project. The butter has to stay cold. You will be proud.

13 hr 20 min·Expert·No chilli

Baechu-kimchi

배추김치

Napa cabbage salted and packed with a gochugaru-garlic paste — the ferment the rest of the kitchen leans on.

13 hr·Medium·🌶️🌶️🌶️

Coxinha

coxinha

Teardrop croquettes of shredded chicken in a dough, breaded and fried — a bar snack that is a project.

2 hr 20 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Mantı

mantı

Tiny lamb dumplings, yoghurt, chilli butter — a project the first time, a flex every time after.

1 hr 45 min·A bit of work·🌶️

Masala dosa

மசாலா தோசை

A fermented rice-and-lentil crepe, crisp, wrapped around spiced potato — South Indian breakfast that is a project the first time.

13 hr 10 min·A bit of work·🌶️

Gemista

γεμιστά

Tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice — oven vegetables that taste of summer if the produce does.

1 hr 40 min·Medium·No chilli

Pastéis de nata

pastéis de nata

Custard tarts in shatteringly thin pastry, blistered on top — Lisbon's bakery, not a bland egg tart.

1 hr 45 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Baklava

baklava

Phyllo, nuts, butter and a sharp syrup — Gaziantep's pride, not a soggy hotel diamond.

3 hr 25 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Focaccia

Focaccia

Olive-oil bread with a dimpled top — Ligurian if you are strict, a very good tray if you are hungry.

2 hr 50 min·Medium·No chilli

Pizza Margherita

Pizza Margherita

Tomato, mozzarella, basil — a Neapolitan idea you can bake hot on a home stone or a screaming tray.

8 hr 42 min·Medium·No chilli

Carnitas

Carnitas

Pork cooked in its own fat until it shreds and the edges crisp — Michoacán's taco filling, not a dry roast.

3 hr 50 min·Medium·No chilli

Spanakopita

σπανακόπιτα

Spinach, feta and dill in phyllo — a pie, not a soggy triangle from a freezer if you dry the greens.

1 hr 10 min·Medium·No chilli

Quiche Lorraine

Quiche Lorraine

A savoury custard tart with smoked pork — cream, egg, pastry. Cheese is a later argument.

2 hr 10 min·Medium·No chilli

Kibbeh

كبة

Bulgur and lamb, pounded or pulsed — fried torpedoes, a tray bake, or raw if you trust the butcher.

1 hr 40 min·A bit of work·🌶️

Pavlova

Pavlova

A marshmallow-centred meringue, cream and fruit — Australia and New Zealand still arguing, both correct enough to eat.

2 hr 35 min·Medium·No chilli

Msemen

مسمن

Flaky Maghrebi pan bread — folded with oil or semolina, cooked on a dry pan, eaten with honey or a stew.

1 hr 35 min·Medium·No chilli

Kare-kare

Kare-kare

A peanut stew, usually oxtail — thick, yellow-orange, and unfinished without bagoong on the side.

3 hr 25 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Pide

pide

A boat-shaped stuffed bread — cheese, egg, or mince — thicker than lahmacun, not a pizza either.

1 hr 55 min·Medium·No chilli

Moussaka

μουσακάς

Layered eggplant, spiced lamb and a thick béchamel — a Sunday tray, not a microwave yoghurt topping.

1 hr 55 min·Medium·No chilli

Doro wat

ዶሮ ወጥ

Chicken in a dark berbere-onion sauce, a hard-boiled egg — the feast pot, not a weeknight curry.

2 hr·Medium·🌶️🌶️🌶️

Injera

እንጀራ

Sour teff crepes — the plate and the bread. The first one sticks. The ferment is the flavour.

48 hr 50 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Risotto alla Milanese

Risotto alla Milanese

Saffron risotto, yellow on purpose — bone marrow if you are old-school, butter and parmigiano if you are cooking on a Tuesday.

40 min·Medium·No chilli

Pastitsio

παστίτσιο

Baked pasta, cinnamon meat sauce and béchamel — the other Greek tray, related to Italy and not a copy of it.

1 hr 40 min·Medium·No chilli

Shoyu ramen

醤油ラーメン

A soy-sauce ramen you can make at home without pretending you run a 20-year tonkotsu shop.

2 hr·A bit of work·No chilli

Samgyeopsal

삼겹살

Thick pork belly grilled at the table, wrapped in lettuce with ssamjang, garlic and a bit of rice.

40 min·Easy·No chilli

Mandu

만두

Korean dumplings — pork, tofu and chives in a thin wrapper, steamed, fried, or floated in soup.

1 hr·Medium·No chilli

Chicken tagine

طاجين الدجاج

Chicken with preserved lemon and olives — the Moroccan pot people mean when they say tagine.

1 hr 15 min·Medium·🌶️

Bossam

보쌈

Pork belly simmered until it slices like a cold cut, wrapped in leaves with radish salad and ssamjang.

1 hr 40 min·Medium·No chilli

Pozole

Pozole

A feast soup of nixtamal corn and pork — red, white or green — that you finish at the table with radish, cabbage and lime.

2 hr 25 min·Medium·🌶️🌶️

Tacos al pastor

Tacos al pastor

Mexico City pork tacos with achiote, chilli and pineapple — shawarma technique that became something entirely Mexican.

3 hr 10 min·Medium·🌶️🌶️

Bún bò Huế

Bún bò Huế

A central Vietnamese beef-and-lemongrass noodle soup — thicker noodles, a redder broth, and more chilli than phở.

3 hr 30 min·A bit of work·🌶️🌶️🌶️

Irish stew

stobhach

Lamb, potato, onion — a pale pot, no wine, no bouquet garni performance.

2 hr 20 min·Easy·No chilli

Gumbo

Gumbo

A dark roux, the trinity, and a pot that is Creole or Cajun depending on who is stirring — not a generic chilli.

1 hr 35 min·Medium·🌶️🌶️

Pot-au-feu

Pot-au-feu

Boiled beef, marrow bones and winter vegetables — the broth is dinner and so is the meat.

3 hr 55 min·Medium·No chilli

Yukgaejang

육개장

Shredded beef soup, red with gochugaru, full of fernbrake and spring onion — hangover logic that also works at lunch.

1 hr 55 min·Medium·🌶️🌶️🌶️

Paella

Paella

A wide-pan rice from Valencia — saffron, sofrito, and a toasted bottom. Not a dumping ground for every seafood in the shop.

1 hr 10 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Fabada asturiana

Fabada asturiana

Asturian bean pot — large white beans, pork, and a slow simmer. Not a chilli, not a cassoulet copy.

10 hr 45 min·Medium·🌶️

Butter chicken

मुरग़ मखनी

Delhi restaurant gravy: tandoori-style chicken in a tomato-butter sauce. Famous, modern, and not a stand-in for 'Indian food'.

2 hr 5 min·Medium·🌶️

Phở bò

Phở bò

Vietnamese beef noodle soup: a long, clear-ish broth, rice noodles, herbs, and a table full of finishing flavours.

4 hr·A bit of work·🌶️

Seolleongtang

설렁탕

A milky ox-bone broth you season at the table — salt, spring onion, and patience in a bowl.

6 hr 30 min·A bit of work·No chilli

Andong jjimdak

안동찜닭

Soy-braised chicken with glass noodles, potato and a lot of vegetables — Andong's sweet-savoury party pot.

1 hr·Medium·🌶️

Galbi

갈비

Soy-sesame marinated beef short ribs, grilled until the bones get sticky and the edges char.

2 hr 40 min·Medium·No chilli

Samgyetang

삼계탕

A small whole chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, ginseng and jujube, simmered until the broth goes milky and kind.

1 hr 40 min·Medium·No chilli