Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Every country.
Every dish!

6,130 traditional dishes and drinks from 196 countries, each with its recipe and the history behind it. Drawn, not photographed — one manga style for the whole atlas. No rankings, no sponsored dishes, no restaurant promotions.

196countries
6,130dishes & drinks
5,438full recipes
66ingredients
DON!! Chef Baku, the atlas mascot, scratching his head in a sunlit farmhouse kitchen, manga style
Chef Baku, your guideToday I’m in Havana. Ropa vieja — “old clothes” — shredded beef that looks like torn rags. Come, I’ll show you.

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Drawing the world…

AmericasEuropeAfricaMiddle East & C. AsiaAsiaOceaniaChef Baku’s route🏳️ flags: big countries always, more as you zoom inno polygon at 1:110m — reachable by search

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Counts are live from the atlas.

Europe45 countries · 1,616 dishesAsia25 countries · 1,014 dishesAfrica54 countries · 1,438 dishesAmericas35 countries · 1,181 dishesMiddle East & Central Asia23 countries · 690 dishesOceania14 countries · 253 dishes

From the atlas today

A rotating sample — not a ranking.

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Apfelstrudel, drawn in the atlas's manga styleApfelstrudel🍰 dessert · AustriaPaper-thin strudel pastry around spiced apples and raisins.Bacalhau à Brás, drawn in the atlas's manga styleBacalhau à Brás🍽️ main · Portugalshredded salt cod scrambled with eggs, onions, matchstick potatoesAdobo, drawn in the atlas's manga styleAdobo🍽️ main · PhilippinesChicken or pork braised in vinegar, soy, garlic and bayAckee and saltfish, drawn in the atlas's manga styleAckee and saltfish🍳 breakfast · JamaicaNational dish of buttery ackee fruit sautéed with salt codAjí de gallina, drawn in the atlas's manga styleAjí de gallina🍽️ main · PeruShredded chicken in creamy ají amarillo-walnut sauce over potatoesBaursak, drawn in the atlas's manga styleBaursak бауырсақ🥖 bread & pastry · Kazakhstanpuffed fried dough scattered across every celebration tableAmericano, drawn in the atlas's manga styleAmericano🍸 cocktail · ItalyCampari, red vermouth and soda over ice with orange; classic pre-dinner aperitivo.Achu, drawn in the atlas's manga styleAchu🍽️ main · CameroonPounded cocoyam with spicy yellow palm-oil soup, western Grassfields pride

Food types

Fifteen fixed categories. Drink is non-alcoholic; alcohol lives under wine & spirit and cocktail.

🍽️ main🍲 soup & stew🛺 street food🥖 bread & pastry🍰 dessert🥤 drink🥗 salad & side🥨 snack🍳 breakfast🧂 sauce & condiment• charcuterie & cured• fermented & pickled• cheese & dairy🍷 wine & spirit🍸 cocktail
Chef Baku, the atlas mascot, a towel over his shoulder in his kitchen, manga style

Why the drawings?!

The atlas is illustrated in one manga style on purpose. A drawing is this site’s own depiction of a dish — consistent from Samoa to Slovenia, free of restaurant marketing, and honest about what it is. Alt text describes each picture truthfully.

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Country outlines from Natural Earth; at 1:110,000,000 twenty-eight island microstates have no polygon and are reachable by search.