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Dinner Ideas from 193 Countries — What to Cook Tonight

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A white bowl of German potato soup with sausage, showing potato chunks, carrots and a whole Bockwurst sausage with parsley.

Germany 1h

Lunch •German Home-Cooking Classic

German Potato Soup with Sausage

This german potato soup with sausage recipe is the one-pot supper German home cooks reach for on cold evenings: floury potatoes simmered with carrot, leek and celery in broth, with smoky Bockwurst warmed through at the end. One serving is about 483 g.

Comfort & Warmth

A chunky potato soup with carrots, leek and smoky sausage, gently seasoned with marjoram and finished with parsley.

Pairs Well With
Crusty rye bread and a spoonful of mustard on the side.

Soups & Broths

A terracotta bowl of broad beans stewed with chourico sausage in a rich broth.

Portugal 1h

Lunch •Alentejo Home Classic

Favas com Chourico

This favas com chourico recipe is Alentejo home cooking at its simplest: shelled broad beans simmered with smoky chouriço, onion, garlic and tomato until the beans turn creamy and the broth takes on the sausage's paprika colour. One serving is about 350 g.

Comfort & Warmth

Tender broad beans simmered with smoky chouriço, garlic, tomato and bay in a rich, paprika-stained broth.

Pairs Well With
Crusty bread for mopping up the broth and a glass of red wine.

A dark plate of pale cracked ghriba cookies dusted with cinnamon.

Morocco 40m

Snack & Tea •Moroccan Tea-Time Classic

Ghriba

This ghriba recipe makes the cracked almond cookies Morocco serves with mint tea: a crumbly shortbread of flour, ground almonds, orange zest and cinnamon, rolled by hand and baked until the tops split into their famous cracks. One serving is about 67 g (2 cookies).

Comfort & Warmth

Crumbly almond shortbread cookies with cracked tops, orange zest and cinnamon, made for mint tea.

Pairs Well With
Mint tea, the classic partner for ghriba.

Glass bowls of white mahalabia milk pudding topped with chopped pistachio and dried rose buds.

Egypt 25m

Snack & Tea •Egyptian Chilled Dessert Classic

Egyptian Mahalabia

This egyptian mahalabia recipe is Egypt's chilled milk pudding: whole milk gently thickened with cornstarch, scented with orange blossom water, and set in the fridge until silky, then scattered with pistachio and rose petals. One serving is about 198 g.

Comfort & Warmth

A silky cornstarch-set milk pudding, chilled and topped with pistachio and rose petals.

Pairs Well With
Mint tea or Arabic coffee after a meal.

Four artichoke hearts stuffed with green peas, diced carrots and slivered onion, glossy with olive oil, with two lemon wedges on a yellow-rimmed plate — the photo is captioned as the Damascene style of this shared Levantine dish

Lebanon 50m

Lunch •Lebanese Mezze Heritage

Lebanese Artichokes in Olive Oil

This lebanese artichokes in olive oil recipe turns eight tender artichoke hearts into a bright Lebanese mezze: each cup is filled with sweet green peas and diced carrots, braised gently in extra-virgin olive oil with garlic and lemon, then served at room temperature with lemon wedges. One serving is about 240 g.

Light Mezze & Sharing

Artichoke hearts stuffed with peas and carrots, braised gently in olive oil with garlic and lemon, then served at room temperature as a mezze.

Pairs Well With
Hummus, tabbouleh and warm flatbread, with lemon wedges

Argentine budin de pan: a whole caramel-topped bread pudding on a white plate with a slice served beside it

Argentina 1h 30m

Snack & Tea •Buenos Aires Heritage

Argentine Budin de Pan

This argentine budin de pan recipe turns yesterday's bread into Argentina's favourite home dessert: torn bread soaked in sweet vanilla milk and eggs, baked slowly in a water bath in a caramel-lined mould, then chilled and unmoulded so the caramel runs down the sides. It slices like a flan and tastes of toasted bread, vanilla and burnt sugar. One serving is about 210 g, with dulce de leche.

Comfort & Warmth

Stale bread soaked in sweet milk and eggs, baked in a caramel-lined mould and served cold with dulce de leche.

Pairs Well With
A spoon of dulce de leche and a cup of coffee or mate.

Sancochado served the Peruvian way: a bowl of clear broth beside a plate of boiled beef shank, yuca, potato, corn, sweet potato and cabbage, with a bowl of salsa criolla

Peru 3h 10m

Dinner •Peruvian Home Kitchen Heritage

Sancochado

This sancochado recipe is Peru's great boiled dinner: beef shank simmered for hours with chickpeas, yuca, potato, sweet potato, corn, carrots and cabbage until everything is tender and the broth is golden. The broth is served first as a soup, then the meat and vegetables come to the table on a plate with salsa criolla, rocoto and mustard on the side. One serving is about 800 g, broth and plate together.

Comfort & Warmth

Beef shank simmered with chickpeas, yuca, potato, sweet potato, corn and cabbage, served with salsa criolla.

Pairs Well With
Salsa criolla, rocoto chilli sauce and mustard, with crusty bread for the broth.

Soups & Broths

A claypot of ayam buah keluak — chicken pieces in a rich red-brown tamarind gravy with two whole black buah keluak nuts, a spoon lifting a piece of chicken

Malaysia 2h

Dinner •Peranakan Heritage

Ayam Buah Keluak

This ayam buah keluak recipe is the Malaysian halal version of the Peranakan classic: bone-in chicken simmered in a thick, spicy tamarind gravy with black keluak nuts, their dark flesh pounded into the sauce and whole nuts simmered alongside. The rempah of shallots, chillies, galangal and belacan gives the gravy heat and depth, while tamarind and palm sugar balance sour with a little sweetness. Unlike rawon, the Indonesian beef soup in a black keluak broth, this is a chicken stew in a thick gravy, served with rice. One serving is about 590 g of stew, without the rice.

Bold Peranakan Comfort

Chicken braised in a spicy, sour tamarind gravy darkened with buah keluak nuts.

Pairs Well With
Steamed jasmine rice and a crisp cucumber salad

A bowl of bubur ayam — golden chicken rice porridge topped with shredded chicken, crisp cakwe, fried shallots and spring onions.

Indonesia 1h 15m

Breakfast •Indonesian Breakfast Classic

Bubur Ayam

This bubur ayam recipe simmers jasmine rice in water with chicken, ginger and turmeric until the grains break down into a soft, golden porridge. The chicken is lifted out and shredded, then each bowl is finished with fried shallots, celery, spring onions, crisp cakwe crackers, kecap manis and a spoonful of sambal on the side. One serving is about 550 g.

Comfort & Warmth

Soft rice porridge with shredded chicken and a turmeric-yellow broth, finished with crunchy and savoury toppings.

Pairs Well With
Serve hot with sweet tea and extra cakwe on the side.

Soups & Broths

Two golden saucijzenbroodjes on a white plate, one cut open to show the spiced pork filling inside flaky puff pastry.

Netherlands 55m

Lunch •Dutch Bakery Classic

Saucijzenbroodje

This saucijzenbroodje recipe rolls a nutmeg-spiced ground pork filling in crisp, flaky puff pastry — the Dutch bakery roll, not to be confused with the worstenbroodje, which wraps its sausage in soft bread dough. Baked until deep golden, each roll is about 138 g and best eaten warm.

Bakery Comfort

Golden puff pastry wrapped around a juicy, nutmeg-spiced pork filling — the Dutch bakery snack, best eaten warm.

Pairs Well With
Serve warm with mustard, pickles and a cup of soup.

A tureen of hutsepot — chunks of meat with leeks, carrots, potatoes, cabbage and Brussels sprouts in a light broth.

Belgium 3h

Dinner •Flemish Winter Classic

Hutsepot

This hutsepot recipe slow-cooks beef chuck and pork shoulder with potatoes, carrots, leeks, turnips, savoy cabbage and Brussels sprouts in one pot, until the meat is tender and the vegetables are soft. Unlike Dutch hachee — a beef-and-onion stew thickened with apple butter and gingerbread — hutsepot is a mixed-meat and vegetable pot where the vegetables are the dish. One serving is about 567 g.

Rich & Comforting

Mixed meats and winter vegetables slow-cooked in one pot, Flemish style, until everything is tender.

Pairs Well With
Serve straight from the pot with brown bread and mustard.

Star-shaped brunsli cookies — dark chocolate-almond Christmas cookies from Basel — piled on a white plate.

Switzerland 3h 35m

Snack & Tea •Basel Christmas Classic

Brunsli

This brunsli recipe makes Basel's Christmas cookies: ground almonds, dark chocolate, cocoa, sugar and egg whites, spiced with cinnamon and cloves — no flour, no butter, naturally gluten-free. The dough is rolled out, cut into stars and left to dry, then baked briefly so the cookies stay soft inside. One serving is 2 cookies, about 58 g.

Sweet Treat

Flourless chocolate-almond cookies from Basel, spiced with cinnamon and cloves, crisp outside and chewy inside.

Pairs Well With
Serve with black coffee or hot chocolate on a Christmas cookie plate.

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Every one of the world's 193 countries has a signature dish — browse the full directory to find tonight's dinner, or jump straight to a cuisine with recipes.

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A bowl of tagliatelle with rich ragù sauce

Ingredient Guides

The Pantry Staples Every World Kitchen Shares

From a market in Bangkok to a farmhouse in Tuscany, cooks reach for the same handful of staples: rice, dried beans, good oil, salt, garlic, chillies and something sour. Stock these, and dinner in any cuisine is suddenly within reach.

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A hearty autumn stew served in a rustic bowl

Seasonal Cooking

Autumn’s Best: Cooking with Squash and Root Vegetables

When the air turns cool, the garden answers with squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, parsnips and beets. Roasted low and slow, these autumn vegetables turn sweet, caramelised and deeply satisfying — here is how to cook them well.

November 5, 2026 • 597 words

Fresh herbs rolled into Vietnamese spring rolls

Kitchen Techniques

How to Store Fresh Herbs So They Last Two Weeks

Fresh herbs wilt in days when they are tossed loose into the fridge. The jar method — a little water, a loose bag, and the right shelf — keeps parsley, cilantro, mint and dill bright and fragrant for up to two weeks.

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What to Eat With What

Some foods taste better — and do you more good — together. Here is what to serve with each dish, and what to skip, with the science in plain words.

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Phở Bò (Vietnamese Beef Broth)

Iron & Collagen Dynamics

EAT TOGETHER: Fresh Lime & Sawtooth Coriander

The ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) in freshly squeezed lime converts the non-heme and heme iron from thinly shaved beef into its bioavailable ferrous form (Fe²⁺), escalating iron assimilation by up to 300%. Fresh culantro supplies carotenes that ignite digestive bile acids.

AVOID IMMEDIATELY AFTER: Condensed Milk Iced Coffee

Drinking condensed milk coffee (Cà Phê Sữa Đá) directly following Phở binds active polyphenolic chlorogenic acids and milk casein directly to the beef iron molecules, forming unabsorbable insoluble complexes that severely stunt nutrient uptake. Wait at least 90 minutes.

Metabolic window: Breakfast (07:00 – 09:30) • Optimal Gut Transition: 3.5 Hours

Tomatoes & Wild Summer Greens

Carotenoid Unlocking

EAT TOGETHER: Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Aged Feta

Lycopene is an intrinsically lipophilic (fat-soluble) antioxidant compound bound tight inside tomato skin cells. Pairing ripe heirloom tomatoes with the monounsaturated fats of raw cold-pressed olive oil boosts vascular lycopene absorption by nearly 4.4-fold.

AVOID TOGETHER: Fat-Free Industrial Dressings

Consuming vine tomatoes with zero-fat or high-sugar artificial vinaigrettes prevents the body from emulsifying fat-soluble Vitamins A, E, and K, passing essential restorative nutrients unabsorbed through the gastrointestinal tract.

Metabolic window: Lunch or Aperitivo • Lycopene Uptake: +440%

Turmeric + Black Pepper

Piperine in coarse crushed pepper amplifies active curcumin bioavailability by 2000%.

Green Tea + Lemon Twist

Citric acid preserves delicate EGCG catechins through acidic stomach transit intact.

Calcium Rich + Iron Stews

Heavy dairy cheese interferes with non-heme iron absorption channels if consumed simultaneously.

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