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Chicken Noodle Soup
Built from a whole chicken so the broth carries real body, with the noodles cooked separately so they never turn to…
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Horiatiki Greek Salad
A real horiatiki has no lettuce in it: just tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, olives and a slab of feta, dressed…
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Overnight Oats
Oats, milk, yogurt and chia soaked overnight into something thick and creamy, ready to eat straight from the jar…
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Ahi Poke Bowl
Cubed raw tuna dressed in soy, sesame and sweet onion over rice. Hawaiian in origin and Japanese in influence, and…
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Spiced Red Lentil Soup
Red lentils cooked down with cumin and turmeric until they collapse entirely into a thick, golden soup, finished…
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Provençal Ratatouille
The Provençal original, in which each vegetable is cooked separately before they are married — the only way to get…
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Creamy Tomato Soup
Roasting the tomatoes first concentrates them into something far deeper than a stovetop soup, and a splash of cream…
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Tom Yum Goong
The hot-and-sour prawn soup that defines Thai cooking: lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf simmered into a broth…
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Chana Masala
A punchy North Indian chickpea curry, sour with amchur and tamarind and darkened by a long-fried onion base…
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Dal Tadka
Yellow lentils simmered soft, then finished with a tadka — whole spices bloomed in ghee and poured over at the last…
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Andalusian Gazpacho
A cold Andalusian soup of raw tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and bread blitzed with sherry vinegar and olive oil until…
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Lemon Herb Quinoa Salad
Quinoa cooked until the germs uncoil, cooled, and tossed with herbs, cucumber, tomato and a sharp lemon dressing…
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Cobb Salad
A composed salad from the Brown Derby in Hollywood: neat rows of chicken, bacon, avocado, egg, tomato and blue…
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Roasted Vegetable Buddha Bowl
Roasted vegetables, a grain, a pulse and something green in one bowl, held together by a tahini dressing loosened…
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Tom Kha Gai
The gentler sibling of tom yum: coconut milk smooths the sourness into something creamy and fragrant, with chicken…
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Miso Soup
The five-minute soup that anchors every Japanese meal: a clean dashi broth, silken tofu, wakame and miso whisked in…
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Creamy Coleslaw
Cabbage and carrot in a dressing balanced between mayonnaise, vinegar and sugar. The technique that matters is…
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Tabbouleh
A Lebanese tabbouleh is a parsley salad with a little bulgur in it, not the other way round. Chopped by hand…
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Chia Pudding
Chia seeds left in milk overnight until they swell into a set, tapioca-like pudding. Two ingredients, five minutes…
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Ukrainian Borscht
A deep crimson beetroot soup with a sour edge from vinegar and a sweetness from slow-cooked roots, finished with a…
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Kimchi Jjigae
The best possible use for kimchi that has gone too sour to eat raw: simmered with pork belly and tofu into a…
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Rajma Masala
Kidney beans simmered in a thick onion-tomato masala until the gravy is dark and the beans give under a spoon…
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Larb Gai
Minced chicken tossed with toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce and a great deal of mint and shallot. Isaan…
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Aloo Gobi
A dry curry of potato and cauliflower, roasted rather than stewed so the edges caramelise and the florets stay…
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Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)
Green papaya pounded with garlic, chilli, lime, palm sugar and fish sauce in a clay mortar. Bruising rather than…
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Baingan Bharta
Whole aubergines charred over an open flame until the skin blisters and the flesh collapses, then mashed into a…
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Mujadara
Lentils and rice cooked together under a mountain of onions fried almost to the point of burning. A dish of the poor…
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Minestrone Soup
A big, generous vegetable soup built on a slow soffritto and thickened by the beans themselves rather than cream…
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Tuscan Panzanella
A Tuscan salad built to use up stale bread: torn crusts soaked in tomato juice and vinegar until they turn silky…
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Fattoush Salad
The Levantine bread salad: crisp fried pita, cucumber, tomato, radish and herbs, dressed with sumac and pomegranate…
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Avgolemono Soup
A silky Greek chicken and rice soup thickened with an egg and lemon emulsion rather than cream. Sharp, restorative…
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Egyptian Koshari
Egypt's national street dish: layers of rice, lentils and pasta under a spiced tomato sauce, garlic vinegar and a…
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Salmorejo
Córdoba's thicker, richer answer to gazpacho: tomatoes, bread, garlic and a great deal of olive oil blended into a…
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Caldo Verde
Potato and onion blended into a smooth base, with finely shredded couve and a slice of chouriço added at the last…
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Gado-Gado
Blanched and raw vegetables, tofu, tempeh and boiled egg under a warm peanut sauce, with prawn crackers on top…
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Mul Naengmyeon
Chewy buckwheat noodles in an icy beef and radish broth, with pear, cucumber, sliced beef and half a boiled egg. The…
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Imam Bayildi
Aubergines split and stuffed with onion, garlic and tomato, then braised in a great deal of olive oil and served at…
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Samgyetang
A whole small chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, ginseng, jujube and garlic, simmered until the broth turns milky…
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Harira Soup
The Moroccan soup traditionally eaten to break the fast during Ramadan: lentils, chickpeas and tomato thickened with…
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Israeli Couscous Salad
Toasted pearl couscous with roast vegetables, herbs, lemon and a handful of toasted almonds. Good hot, better at…
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Fasolada
White beans simmered with carrot, celery and tomato in a great deal of olive oil. Often called the national dish of…
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Baked Salmon and Quinoa Bowl
Salmon roasted just to the point of flaking, over quinoa with roasted broccoli and a dill-yoghurt sauce — a bowl…
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Atakilt Wat
Ethiopian cabbage, carrot and potato stewed gently with turmeric and ginger until everything is soft and golden —…
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Kachumbari
Kenya’s everyday salad: tomato, onion and chilli with lime and coriander, salted and drained so it stays crisp…
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Curtido
Salvadoran lightly fermented cabbage slaw with carrot, onion and oregano — the sharp, crunchy thing served with…
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Salade Méchouia
Tunisian grilled salad: peppers, tomatoes, onion and garlic charred over flame, peeled and chopped rough with…
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Porotos Granados
The Chilean summer stew of fresh cranberry beans, sweetcorn and pumpkin, thickened with grated corn and scented with…
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Zaalouk
Moroccan cooked salad of aubergine and tomato reduced down with garlic, paprika and cumin until it is thick enough…
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Kısır
Turkish fine bulgur salad worked through with pepper paste, pomegranate molasses and a great deal of parsley, eaten…
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Gomae
Blanched spinach squeezed dry and dressed in a sweet-savoury sesame paste ground in a mortar — the Japanese side…
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Oi Muchim
Korean cucumber salad: sliced, salted, squeezed and tossed with gochugaru, garlic and sesame — sharp, hot and…
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Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
Thick slabs cut through the core so they hold together, roasted hard until the cut faces caramelise, then dressed…
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Kale Caesar Salad
Kale massaged with the dressing an hour ahead so it softens without wilting, under a proper anchovy Caesar and…
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Farro and Roasted Vegetable Salad
Nutty grains against sweet roasted vegetables, with the dressing going onto the farro while it is still warm so it…
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Nasu Dengaku
Aubergine halves scored, roasted until collapsing, then lacquered with a sweet-salty miso glaze under the grill…
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Cuban Black Bean Soup
Dried beans, a sofrito built on cumin and green pepper, and a ham of smoke from nothing but paprika. Thick enough to…
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Greek Stuffed Peppers
Gemista, the Greek summer dish: peppers roasted before they are filled, so they are sweet and collapsing rather than…
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Beetroot, Orange and Feta Salad
Beetroot roasted in foil so it steams in its own juice, dressed while warm, and served against orange, feta and…
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Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
Sweet potato roasted with chipotle until the edges char, black beans warmed with lime, and a quick pickled onion for…
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Moroccan Carrot Salad
Carrots boiled just past raw, then dressed hot with cumin, garlic and lemon so they take the flavour right through…
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Green Goddess Salad
Everything chopped to the size of a pea and bound in a herb dressing thick enough to cling, eaten with a spoon or a…
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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Squash roasted until it is caramelising at the edges before anything is blended, with the onions and garlic roasted…
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Italian Chopped Salad
Salami, provolone, chickpeas and pepperoncini chopped small under a red wine vinaigrette sharp enough to stand up to…
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