193 Recipes: Cooking My Way Around the World

Cook one dish from each country around the world. 

This is my personal challenge. What better way to get to know the variety of cultures and cuisines on our planet than by cooking a dish from each country?

There are no timelines, and no target dates. This is a challenge, but it’s also meant to be fun. “Every country” is a fuzzy concept, and somewhat controversial, but I decided to use the United Nation member states list as my benchmark. I’ll update the count + link the recipes below as I work my way through this list. Here are my guidelines for the challenge.

Current status: 2/193

193 United Nations Member States:

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Andorra
5. Angola
6. Antigua and Barbuda
7. Argentina
8. Armenia
9. Australia
10. Austria
11. Azerbaijan
12. Bahamas
13. Bahrain
14. Bangladesh
15. Barbados
16. Belarus
17. Belgium
18. Belize
19. Benin
20. Bhutan
21. Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina
23. Botswana
24. Brazil
25. Brunei Darussalam
26. Bulgaria
27. Burkina Faso
28. Burundi
29. Cabo Verde
30. Cambodia
31. Cameroon
32. Canada
33. Central African Republic
34. Chad
35. Chile
36. China
37. Colombia
38. Comoros
39. Congo
40. Costa Rica
41. Côte D’Ivoire
42. Croatia
43. Cuba
44. Cyprus
45. Czech Republic
46. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
47. Democratic Republic of the Congo
48. Denmark
49. Djibouti
50. Dominica
51. Dominican Republic
52. Ecuador
53. Egypt
54. El Salvador
55. Equatorial Guinea
56. Eritrea
57. Estonia
58. Ethiopia
59. Fiji
60. Finland
61. France
62. Gabon
63. Gambia (Republic of The)
64. Georgia
65. Germany
66. Ghana
67. Greece
68. Grenada
69. Guatemala
70. Guinea
71. Guinea Bissau
72. Guyana
73. Haiti
74. Honduras
75. Hungary
76. Iceland
77. India
78. Indonesia
79. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
80. Iraq
81. Ireland
82. Israel
83. Italy
84. Jamaica
85. Japan
86. Jordan
87. Kazakhstan
88. Kenya
89. Kiribati
90. Kuwait
91. Kyrgyzstan
92. Lao’s People’s Democratic Republic
93. Latvia
94. Lebanon
95. Lesotho
96. Liberia
97. Libya
98. Liechtenstein
99. Lithuania
100. Luxembourg
101. Madagascar
102. Malawi
103. Malaysia
104. Maldives
105. Mali
106. Malta
107. Marshall Islands
108. Mauritania
109. Mauritius
110. Mexico
111. Micronesia (Federated States of)
112. Monaco
113. Mongolia
114. Montenegro
115. Morocco
116. Mozambique
117. Myanmar
118. Namibia
119. Nauru
120. Nepal
121. Netherlands
122. New Zeland
123. Nicaragua
124. Niger
125. Nigeria
126. Norway
127. Oman
128. Pakistan
129. Palau
130. Panama
131. Papua New Guinea
132. Paraguay
133. Peru
134. Philippines
135. Poland
136. Portugal
137. Quatar
138. Republic of Korea
139. Republic of Moldova
140. Romania
141. Russian Federation
142. Rwanda
143. Saint Kitts and Nevis
144. Saint Lucia
145. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
146. Samoa
147. San Marino
148. Sao Tome and Principe
149. Saudi Arabia
150. Senegal
151. Serbia
152. Seychelles
153. Sierra Leone
154. Singapore
155. Slovakia
156. Slovenia
157. Solomon Islands
158. Somalia
159. South Africa
160. South Sudan
161. Spain
162. Sri Lanka
163. Sudan
164. Suriname
165. Swaziland
166. Sweden
167. Switzerland
168. Syrian Arab Republic
169. Tajikistan
170. Thailand
171. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
172. Timor-Leste
173. Togo
174. Tonga
175. Trinidad and Tobago
176. Tunisia
177. Turkey
178. Turkmenistan
179. Tuvalu
180. Uganda
181. Ukraine
182. United Arab Emirates
183. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
184. United Republic of Tanzania
185. United States of America
186. Uruguay
187. Uzbekistan
188. Vanuatu
189. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
190. Viet Nam
191. Yemen
192. Zambia
193. Zimbabwe

P.S. This is inspired in large part by Chris Guillebeau’s “Every Country In The World” challenge. He travelled the world, and I’m cooking 193 recipes from the comfort of my own home, so his version is far more ambitious. But the spirit of adventure and enthusiasm for the world is shared.

Photo by Sara Riaño on Unsplash