adventurous
550 dishes.
A PingWhole tarantulas fried with garlic and salt until crisp outside and soft insidecheese & dairyAaruulRock-hard sun-dried sour milk curds, herders' travel foodfermented & pickledAdjuevanSalted fish fermented to a pungent paste, used a pinch at a time in saucessoup & stewAfang soupEfik soup of afang leaves and waterleaf with periwinkles
AgoutiSmoked cane rat braised in palm-nut or peanut sauce, prized bush meatsalad & sideAkkoubSpiny wild thistle stalks peeled and stewed with lamb or lemon and eggs.wine & spiritAkpeteshieFiery clear spirit distilled from palm wine or sugarcanewine & spiritAlojaFermented drink of ground carob pods, cloudy and low in alcoholcheese & dairyAmbarisSharp fermented goat cheese layered with salt in a jar over months.charcuterie & curedAndouilletteCoarse tripe sausage, grilled and served with mustard; powerfully pungent.
AnticuchoBeef-heart skewers with potato and spicy peanut sauce, night grillsstreet foodAnticuchosGrilled beef-heart skewers marinated in ají panca, evening cartswine & spiritArakiRaw clear spirit distilled from dates, sorghum or cassava in drum stillsstreet foodAsunSmoked goat chopped and tossed with fiery peppers and onions
Atol shucoThick purple-corn atol with beans and pumpkin-seed alguashtecharcuterie & curedAukstā gaļaJellied pork set in its own broth, sliced and eaten with mustard.
AulacodeCane rat smoked and stewed in sauce, the most prized bush meatfermented & pickledAvakayaAndhra mango pickle heavy with mustard powder, chilli and sesame oilfermented & pickledAxoneNaga fermented soybean cake, pungent and sticky, cooked with pork or chillimainAyam Buah KeluakChicken stewed with black nuts whose fermented kernels are scooped out and eaten
BabendaRice cooked down with fermented greens, fish powder and peanutsauce & condimentBagoongFermented fish or shrimp paste, salty and sharp, eaten with mango and pinakbetwine & spiritBaijiuPotent clear liquor distilled from sorghum, toasted at banquets
Bajilla bil dihinBoiled broad beans in their skins served over bread with hot fat and egg.sauce & condimentBalachaungCrispy fried dried-shrimp, garlic and chili relish for ricefermented & pickledBalaw-balawFermented rice and small shrimp turned pink and sour, sauteed before eatingstreet foodBalutBoiled fertilized duck egg with salt and vinegar, evening street ritualcharcuterie & curedBandaLake Chad fish split, smoked over wood and dried hard for keepingwine & spiritBanguiNaturally fizzy fresh palm wine
BasashiRaw horse meat sliced thin with ginger, garlic and sweet soymainBatiburrilloStew of beef and lamb offal – liver, kidney and heart – with onionsnackBebbuxLand snails simmered with garlic, mint and wine, picked out with a pin.fermented & pickledBekasamFreshwater fish fermented with rice and salt until sour, then friedsauce & condimentBelacanCompressed block of fermented shrimp, toasted before pounding into sambalcharcuterie & curedBelutakFat beef sausage fermented in its own casing, then fried in thick slicesstreet foodBeondegiSteamed silkworm pupae sold in paper cups, nutty and startlingly earthy-
Masato
Amazonian fermented cassava drink, sour and milky, served in gourds. A wine & spirit recipe from Peru.
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Kurt
Raw beef cut to order at the table, dipped in mitmita and awaze. A main recipe from Ethiopia.
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Escargots
Giant land snails skewered and grilled with chili at roadside braziers. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hr 15…
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Aaruul
Rock-hard sun-dried sour milk curds, herders’ travel food. A cheese & dairy recipe from Mongolia.
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A Ping
Whole tarantulas fried with garlic and salt until crisp outside and soft inside. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 15…