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Senegal: Thiéboudienne

Cooking Time: 2 hours
Thiéboudienne (pronounced CHEH bu JEN) is the national dish of Senegal.  The name of the dish is the French transcription of the Wolof words ceebu jën meaning “rice” (ceeb) and “fish” (jën).  Wolof is a language of Senegal, but not the official language – that’s French.  Senegal was a colony of France until 1960....

Mexico: Pozole

Cooking Time: 75 minutes
Pozole means “hominy,” which is the dried corn kernels that make up the backbone of this soup.  Hominy is corn that has undergone the alkali process, known as nixtamalization, loosening the hulls from the kernels and softening the kernels themselves, resulting in giant kernels with a slightly chewier texture.  You’ve probably had hominy...

Laos: Laab / Larb

Cooking Time: 30
Laab – sometimes spelled larb, but pronounced without the ‘r’ – is said to be the national dish of Laos.  It’s also common in Northeast Thailand.  All sorts of meats can be used to make laab including beef, pork, chicken, duck, fish – I’ve even had an alligator version from the...

Vietnam: Pho Ga

Cooking Time: 2.5 hours
Pho (pronounced “fuh”) is one of the best known Vietnamese dishes outside of Vietnam, and also one of the most commonly eaten dishes within.  According to my cookbook, “bowls of pho are the hamburgers of Vietnam: incredible popular, eaten every day by a majority of the population, young and old.”...