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From Lagos jollof to Lyonnaise gratins, we translate the world's kitchens into recipes that fit a Tuesday.
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12 French Tartines for an Effortless Picnic Lunch
The first time I packed tartines for a proper picnic, it was June 2019 in the Jardin du Luxembourg, and I had made the classic rookie mistake: buttering the bread that morning ins…
6 Brazilian Street Snacks to Bring to a Cookout
The first time I ate a coxinha that genuinely stopped a conversation, it was 11 PM at a stall behind Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo, the kind of place where the fryer never cools …
8 Peruvian Ceviches and Tiraditos for Summer Lunches
The first time I ate ceviche in Lima, it was 11:47 in the morning at La Mar in Miraflores, and the waiter set down the plate with a quiet warning: eat it now, in the next four min…
12 Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls Bursting With Color
The best gỏi cuốn I ever ate was on a plastic stool on Co Bac Street in District 1, Saigon, around 2 PM in August. The vendor wrapped rolls behind a stack of warm pink shrimp and …
12 Lebanese Mezze Dips to Anchor Your Dinner Party
The table I keep coming back to belongs to Teta Mouna, who lives one floor above a bakery in Achrafieh and sets her mezze in twelve shallow bowls the color of sea glass. Each dip …
7 Scandinavian Smorrebrod to Build for Summer Lunch
The first time I ate a proper smorrebrod was at Schonnemann in Copenhagen, a basement lunchroom that has been feeding civil servants since 1877. The waiter set down a slab of rye …
10 Ethiopian Stews to Scoop With Warm Injera Tonight
The first time I ate at Yod Abyssinia in Addis Ababa, the waiter set down a metre-wide tray of injera covered in nine bright mounds of stew and one small dish of awaze on the side…
8 Turkish Kahvalti Spreads to Build on Slow Weekends
The first time I sat down to a proper kahvalti was on a Sunday in Cihangir, Istanbul, at a small place called Van Kahvalti Evi. The table arrived in pieces: a bowl of kaymak the c…