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Dinner Ideas from 193 Countries — What to Cook Tonight

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A bowl of glossy red berry compote with a jug of vanilla sauce and a served bowl of rote grutze

Germany 45m

Snack & Tea •North German Berry Classic

Rote Grutze

This rote grutze recipe simmers raspberries, redcurrants, strawberries and cherries with sugar into a glossy red berry pudding, thickened just enough to spoon, and serves it cool with a warm homemade vanilla sauce. One serving is about 335 g.

Sweet Summer Comfort

A bright, tart-sweet berry pudding served cool with vanilla sauce — a light finish to a summer meal.

Pairs Well With
Vanilla sauce, whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Butterflied grilled horse mackerel on a metal platter with garlic and parsley

Portugal 40m

Lunch •Portuguese Coastal Grill

Carapau Grelhado

This carapau grelhado recipe grills whole horse mackerel over high heat until the skin is crisp and the flesh flakes, then serves the fish with boiled potatoes, tomato and red onion salad, olive oil and lemon. One serving is about 345 g.

High-Protein Grill

Whole horse mackerel grilled over high heat with olive oil and lemon, served with boiled potatoes and tomato salad.

Pairs Well With
Boiled potatoes and a tomato and red onion salad

High Protein

A bowl of smooth golden sweet potato soup with a yogurt swirl and red paprika

Morocco 45m

Lunch •Moroccan Spiced Soup

Moroccan Sweet Potato Soup

This moroccan sweet potato soup recipe simmers sweet potatoes with carrot, onion and garlic in vegetable stock, blooms cumin, coriander, cinnamon and harissa in olive oil, then blends everything smooth and finishes it with lemon and a yogurt swirl. One serving is about 465 g.

Comfort & Warmth

A smooth, naturally sweet soup with warm Moroccan spices and a gentle harissa heat — a warming vegan lunch bowl.

Pairs Well With
Crusty bread and a lemon wedge

Soups & Broths

Grilled shrimp skewers with herbs and lemon wedges on a white plate

Egypt 35m

Dinner •Egyptian Coastal Grill

Egyptian Grilled Shrimp

This egyptian grilled shrimp recipe marinates peeled shrimp in olive oil, lemon, garlic, oregano, cumin, coriander and paprika, threads them onto skewers with peppers, onion and tomato, and grills them until pink and lightly charred. One serving is about 275 g.

High-Protein Grill

Peeled shrimp marinated in olive oil, lemon, garlic and cumin, grilled on skewers with peppers, onion and tomato.

Pairs Well With
Egyptian rice with vermicelli and baladi bread

High Protein

Creamy baba ghanoush topped with fresh parsley and a drizzle of olive oil in a white dish

Lebanon 1h 10m

Snack & Tea •Lebanese Mezze Classic

Lebanese Baba Ghanoush

This lebanese baba ghanoush recipe roasts whole eggplants over a flame or in a hot oven until the skins blacken and the flesh turns soft and smoky, then mashes it with tahini, lemon juice, garlic and a little cumin. It is served cool, swirled in a shallow bowl with olive oil, parsley and pomegranate seeds. One serving is about 148 g.

Fresh & Light

A smoky roasted-eggplant dip with tahini, lemon and garlic, served cool with warm pita as part of a mezze spread.

Pairs Well With
Warm pita bread, crisp vegetable sticks, and olives, with mint tea or a light white wine

A tray of golden Argentine facturas topped with quince paste, pastry cream and shredded coconut

Argentina 2h 40m

Snack & Tea •Buenos Aires Bakery Classic

Argentine Facturas

This argentine facturas recipe makes the classic Buenos Aires bakery tray: one soft, buttery yeasted dough shaped into an assortment of pastries, some topped with quince paste, some with pastry cream, and all finished with coconut and a sugar glaze. One serving is about 168 g (two pastries). This argentine facturas recipe makes 16 pastries, takes 160 minutes, and tastes of the confitería: warm, sweet and golden, best with coffee or mate.

Sweet & Golden

One soft yeasted dough baked into a tray of golden pastries topped with quince paste, pastry cream and coconut.

Pairs Well With
Serve warm with coffee, café con leche or mate, as an afternoon merienda.

Peruvian solterito on a striped plate — broad beans, sweetcorn, tomato, red pepper and cubes of white cheese

Peru 1h 5m

Lunch •Arequipa Salad Classic

Peruvian Solterito

This peruvian solterito recipe is the chopped salad of Arequipa, in southern Peru: tender broad beans and sweet corn, cubes of salty queso fresco, tomato, red onion, black olives and red pepper, all tossed in a sharp lime and olive-oil dressing. It is served cool, so the beans stay firm and the vegetables stay crisp, and it works as a light lunch on its own or as a colourful side. One serving is about 349 g.

Fresh & Colourful

Broad beans, corn and queso fresco tossed with tomato, olives and a lime dressing — a bright, meat-free Arequipa lunch.

Pairs Well With
Crusty bread, rocoto sauce on the side, and chicha morada or iced tea

Malaysian mee goreng mamak — glossy yellow noodles with prawns, scrambled egg, bean sprouts, tomato and a lime wedge

Malaysia 27m

Dinner •Mamak Stall Classic

Malaysian Mee Goreng

This malaysian mee goreng recipe is the mamak-stall classic: springy yellow noodles wok-fried with prawns, egg and tofu in a sweet, spicy tomato-chilli sauce, finished with crisp bean sprouts and a squeeze of lime. The sauce turns the noodles a deep reddish gold, and the plate is salty, sweet, sour and hot all at once — exactly the way it comes off the stalls that stay open all night. One serving is about 528 g.

Bold & Satisfying

Yellow noodles wok-fried with prawns, egg and tofu in a sweet, spicy tomato-chilli sauce — a hearty Malaysian mamak dinner.

Pairs Well With
Cucumber slices, pickled green chillies, and teh o ais or iced lime tea

A bowl of tongseng goat soup with tender meat, tomato, cabbage and green chillies in a brown-gold broth

Indonesia 1h 15m

Dinner •Solo Heritage

Tongseng

This tongseng recipe is the Central Javanese classic from Solo: tender chunks of goat simmered in a sweet-savoury broth darkened with kecap manis, then finished with crisp cabbage, tomato and whole bird's eye chillies. It is not a gulai — there is no turmeric-yellow coconut curry here; the kecap manis gives the soup its brown-gold colour and its sweet-savoury edge, and the vegetables go in at the very end so they stay fresh and crisp. One serving is about 412 g.

Comfort & Warmth

Tender goat simmered in a sweet-savoury kecap manis broth with cabbage, tomato and bird's eye chillies, served hot with steamed rice.

Pairs Well With
Hot steamed rice & sambal

Soups & Broths

A golden triangular appelflap apple turnover with flaky puff pastry on a cooling rack

Netherlands 50m

Snack & Tea •Dutch Bakery Classic

Appelflap

This appelflap recipe makes eight golden, triangular Dutch apple turnovers: flaky puff pastry folded around diced apples, cinnamon, sugar and raisins, brushed with egg and scattered with coarse sugar. It is not an appeltaart — there is no deep pie tin, no cookie crust and no lattice; an appelflap is a single-serving turnover, crisp outside and juicy inside, sold warm in every Dutch bakery. One serving is about 105 g.

Comfort & Celebration

Golden triangular turnovers of flaky puff pastry filled with cinnamon apples, sugar and raisins, baked until crisp and sugared on top.

Pairs Well With
Black coffee & whipped cream

Two glossy Belgian chocolate pralines, one white chocolate and one dark chocolate, on a white surface

Belgium 2h

Snack & Tea •Brussels Classic

Belgian Pralines

This belgian pralines recipe makes 24 moulded chocolates the Brussels way: a thin, glossy shell of dark chocolate around two fillings — a hazelnut praliné made from caramelised hazelnuts, and a soft milk-chocolate ganache. They are not truffles, which are rolled balls of ganache dusted in cocoa; a praline is a filled shell, made in a mould, with a snap when you bite it. One serving is three pralines, about 70 g.

Comfort & Celebration

Glossy moulded dark-chocolate shells filled with hazelnut praliné and soft milk-chocolate ganache, made the Brussels way.

Pairs Well With
Black coffee & dessert wine

A flower-shaped Spitzbuben jam sandwich cookie with red raspberry jam showing through the centre hole, on a small white plate

Switzerland 1h 20m

Snack & Tea •Swiss Christmas Classic

Spitzbuben

This spitzbuben recipe makes 24 Swiss Christmas cookies: two pale, buttery shortbread rounds sandwiched with tart raspberry jam, the top one cut with a little window so the red jam shows through, and the whole cookie dusted with icing sugar. They look like Austria's Linzer Augen, but they are not the same cookie — Spitzbuben are made from plain lemon-scented shortbread with no ground nuts and no spice, while Linzer dough is built on hazelnuts and almonds with cinnamon. One serving is two cookies, about 62 g.

Comfort & Celebration

Pale, buttery shortbread cookies sandwiched with tart raspberry jam, the top cut with a jam window and dusted with icing sugar.

Pairs Well With
Coffee & spiced tea

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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.

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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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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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