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Country pâté is ideal as an appetizer, as a filling light meal or for a picnic or packed meal as it travels well.

A traditional soup from Morocco and Algeria with lentils, beans, rice,vegetables and meat.

Way down in the land down under, or on top if you want to use a different kind of map, they make a wonderful Christmas pudding. It will delight diners from around the world.

In Switzerland, this bread is usually eaten on Sunday mornings together with everything else that goes for a brunch: butter, jam, ham, cheese. It’s a kind of bread, therefore not really sweet!

Bavarian cram is a sweet custard type dessert, usually served with fruit sauce. It is light and delicious.

This is a delicious sweet and sour pork recipe that rivals any Chinese takeout. It does take a bit of work and it’s important to read through everything before getting started. Of course, practice makes perfect and after you’ve tried this recipe a couple of times, it’ll be a snap to put together.

Pork meat slow cooked until tender with Chines spices, then pulled and dried in the oven.This recipe is time consuming but the results are well worth the effort.

Baklava is Turkey's most famous dessert. It consists of whole or chopped pistachio nuts enclosed between paper thin layers of phyllo pastry, drizzled with a honey based syrup. It makes a deliciously sweet and nutty dessert or a treat to serve with aromatic Turkish coffee.

Steaks grilled in the best South African tradition, served with grilled asparagus with orange and nutmeg Hollandaise, and cumin flavored chickpeas. This is not as challenging as it may seem as long as the orange juice reduction is ready in advance.

In this new global kitchen, it is not impossible to find yucca and plantains - the large green ones used for cooking - either in the grocery store or specialty food shop.