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#71 France
With meticulous preparation of simple but high-quality ingredients and attention to presentation, French cuisine is the absolute pinnacle...

Jen
May 265 min read


#69 Iceland
Iceland’s first settlers were Scandinavians in the 9th century, and much of the country’s cuisine today shares customs with traditional...

Jen
Oct 6, 20246 min read


#63 Scotland
Friends gather around the dining table on 25th January, the haggis is bagpiped in, and someone will recite “Address to a Haggis” to...

Jen
Sep 11, 20235 min read


#62 Lithuania
Traditional Lithuanian food is hearty; heavy on meat, dairy and potatoes. The dish that comes up on every list of Lithuanian food that...

Jen
Jul 13, 20233 min read


#52 Denmark
One Friday night after work 10 years ago in a Cambridge pub, a group of friendly colleagues, who you could say were three sheets to the...

Jen
Aug 10, 20223 min read


#51 Andorra
The Principality of Andorra is nestled in the Pyrenees between Spain and France. This tiny country shares cultural elements with...

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Jul 22, 20223 min read


#49 Bulgaria
Bulgaria is one of the many countries that historically has been under Ottoman and Soviet rule. It is situated on the eastern side of the...

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May 8, 20224 min read


#46 Sweden
Sweden has given the world many wonderful things: ABBA Half the cast of the Prime hit Vikings Freddie Ljungberg (that CK ad in the...

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Feb 20, 20223 min read


#42 Finland
According to the UN World Happiness Report, Finland is the happiest country in the world. It’s not hard to understand why the Finnish cup...

Jen
Sep 18, 20214 min read


#41 Italy
SPOILER **There will be no pizza or spaghetti Bolognese in this blog.** Spag bol isn’t even Italian, really. Where the world outside of...

Jen
Aug 17, 20216 min read


#37 Romania
Famous for Count Dracula, dancing bears and the tallest wooden church in the world, Romania can also boast delicious, hearty cuisine....

Jen
Jun 9, 20214 min read


#27 Germany
Ich habe Hunger. Ich esse eine Wurst These are the only two sentences I can remember from year 8 German, but to be honest, what more do...

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Jan 30, 20214 min read


#20 Ukraine
Chicken Kiev Anyone of our parents’ generation always has ta similar response to a chicken Kiev: “ooh, that takes me back to eating out...

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Aug 5, 20203 min read


#17 Malta
More sunny islands! The Republic of Malta is a group of islands (Malta, Gozo and Comino being the only inhabited islands) in the Med....

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Jun 14, 20203 min read


#13 Moldova
Where: between Romania and Ukraine. GPD per capita: lowest in Europe. Bio: I used to be part of the Ottoman Empire, then the Russian...

Jen
Apr 22, 20204 min read


#8 Latvia
Yay! First trip to Europe! Latvians are pretty inventive when it comes to food. They love curing, pickling, smoking and foraging to turn...

Jen
Nov 7, 20195 min read
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