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  • Dried meat strips on wooden plate with broth bowl and dairy cup on table

    Feeding a Mongolian Warrior: Borts and Suutei Tsai

  • Plate with sliced cucumber, white rice, seared beef strips, lettuce, tomato slices, and dark dipping sauce in wooden bowl

    Beef Lok Lak Recipe & The Horrors of 1970s Cambodia

  • Fried pastry triangles filled with spiced meat, one held open to show filling and yogurt sauce

    Samosa Recipe: The Original Samosas from 1501

  • Golden-brown rice cake in cast iron skillet, topped with white shredded coconut and red sauce

    Bibingka Recipe: A Filipino Christmas Rice Cake with Ancient Roots

  • Drawing of two skeletal figures sharing noodles from a bowl surrounded by skulls

    Hand-Pulled Noodles Recipe & The Hungry Ghosts Festival

  • Man in sunglasses holding a radish above a table of fresh vegetables including lettuce and greens

    Kim Jong Il’s Insane Palate: Mock Shark Fin Soup and the Dictator’s Diet

  • Creamy white rice pudding topped with dried fruit and chopped pistachios in an orange-rimmed bowl

    Kheer (Payasam) Recipe: The Traditional Rice Pudding of India

  • Ink painting showing figures preparing food in a large wooden vat beneath pine trees

    One of the Oldest Recorded Recipes of Humanity: Congee

  • Hollowed citrus fruit filled with diced chicken, topped with leaf garnish

    Vintage Japanese Recipe: A Chicken Dish Served Inside Yuzu

  • Manuscript drawing of bearded man in white robes holding bowl near metal pot and vessels

    Taoist Recipe: Soup for the Soul for Ancient Nourishment and Balance

  • Painted statue in meditation pose with rice, fruit, and vessels on low table

    What did the Buddha Eat?

  • Golden whipped candy with star outline drawn on surface, one piece in white bowl, another held above

    Dalgona Recipe & History: Korea’s Post-War Era Candy that has Taken Over the World

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