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// VEGETARIAN RATIONS
20 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.
Khao Niao Mamuang (ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง) — Mango Sticky Rice
Khao niao mamuang is Thailand's best-known sweet: long-grain glutinous rice from the north, soaked overnight and…
Tarta de Santiago (Saint James Almond Cake)
Tarta de Santiago is Galicia's flourless almond cake — ground almonds, sugar, eggs and lemon zest, and essentially…
Escalivada (Catalan Ember-Roasted Vegetables)
Escalivada is Catalonia's essential vegetable dish: whole aubergines, red peppers and onions cooked hard in wood…
Andalusian Gazpacho (Gazpacho Andaluz)
Gazpacho andaluz is an uncooked soup of high-summer tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper and garlic, bulked with soaked…
Spanish Potato Omelette (Tortilla de Patatas)
Tortilla de patatas is Spain's national omelette: a thick, deep cake of egg and potato, usually with onion, bound…
Clear Beetroot Soup with Mushroom Dumplings (Barszcz Czerwony z Uszkami)
A crystal-clear ruby broth built from fermented beetroot juice (zakwas buraczany) blended into a dried-mushroom and…
Pierogi Ruskie (Ruthenian Potato and Twaróg Dumplings)
Pierogi ruskie are half-moon dumplings of thin unleavened wheat dough filled with riced potato, twaróg curd cheese…
Papa a la Huancaína (Yellow Potatoes in Ají Amarillo Cheese Sauce)
Papa a la huancaína is boiled yellow potatoes, peeled and cooled to room temperature, blanketed in a cool, thick…
Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead)
Pan de muerto is the round, butter-and-egg enriched sweet bread baked across central Mexico for Día de Muertos…
Tokyo-Style Vegetable Tempura (野菜天ぷら)
Tempura is Edo's contribution to fried food: vegetables or seafood in a barely-mixed, ice-cold batter dropped into…
Caponata di Melanzane (Sicilian Sweet-and-Sour Aubergine)
Caponata is the Palermo dish of aubergine fried until deep gold, folded into a stewed base of onion, celery…
Neapolitan Pizza Margherita (Pizza Margherita Napoletana)
Pizza margherita is Naples' proof that restraint beats invention: a slow-fermented dough of nothing but flour…