If Koreans do two things better than anyone else, it’s embracing pop music and getting into a pickle. These beef bulgogi sliders get a whack of pickled cucumber funky enough to blow the socks off Sandor Katz. Plus they’re pop-friendly, so you can horse dance à la ‘Gangnam Style’ with one hand, and hold your slider in the other.
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What can’t be solved over a colossal plate of Canada’s iconic poutine? A holy trinity of calorific proportions, this snack involves fries topped with cheese curds, all languishing in a liberal ladleful of gravy.
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Even in the most obscure country towns of Australia, frying away in the local Chinese restaurant will be some incarnation of prawn toast. Along with its sweet cousin, deep-fried ice-cream, no food has done more for Australian-Chinese relations. We salute you, prawn toast.
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Slathered in a spice-laden paste and set aside for a couple of hours to marinate, then slow-cooked for a few more, these soulful Kashmiri shanks teach us that patience wins out over haste when it comes to kitchen diplomacy.
Regardless of circumstance, a slab of cake offered in peace is going to bring the sun out. This Jamaican ginger cake gets some Caribbean-style swagger with a hit of spices and a burnt caramel flavour courtesy of a glug of black strap molasses.
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If ever a sandwich could pose as a secretary general of lunch it’s got to be banh mi. This unifying Vietnamese roll slides into mini burger potential and transcends global quandaries with lashings of pâté and delicious pork.
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Proving you only need a few simple ingredients to create harmony, these Lebanese chicken wings (jawaneh) sit firmly in the bring-a-plate genre of cooking and their near-effortless method is completely disguised under a handful of coriander, a squeeze of lemon juice and a good dose of garlic.
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But wait, that’s not harmonious. It is when the invitation is offered along with a plate of these East African flatbreads, or keema chapati. Golden parcels loaded with aromatic spiced lamb are pan-fried in ghee and that can only mean one thing: new friends.
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