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Not Your Average Pigeon: In Search of an Egyptian Specialty Maggie Schmitt

Not Your Average Pigeon: In Search of an Egyptian Specialty

Restaurants that serve only one dish have to do it well. At Gomhoria Restaurant, that dish is addictively smoky stuffed pigeon.

The Must-Have Kitchen Gadget From the Gaza Strip Maggie Schmitt

The Must-Have Kitchen Gadget From the Gaza Strip

A mortar and pestle, serving dish, and cooking vessel all in one, the bowl known as a zibdiye is a Gazan culinary secret

Egypt's Ubiquitous Street Food Specialty Maggie Schmitt

Egypt's Ubiquitous Street Food Specialty

A quick, cheap mixture of rice, legumes, pasta, and tomato sauce is Cairo's vibrant, spicy snack of choice

A Hearty Bean Stew From the Spanish Highlands Juan Alcón

A Hearty Bean Stew From the Spanish Highlands

Follow our kitchen anthropologist into the home of Amaia—economist, activist, and cook—and make olla podrida. Slide Show

A Great-Grandfather's Recipe for Basque Salt Cod Juan Alcón

A Great-Grandfather's Recipe for Basque Salt Cod

Alvaro, who lives in Northern Spain in an old stone barn, tells the story of his family and region through food. Slide Show

How Spain Eats at Home: A Lesson in Real Paella Juan Alcón

How Spain Eats at Home: A Lesson in Real Paella

An amateur kitchen anthropologist visits a friend's mother to learn the secrets of Spain's most famous dish. Slide Show

The Vinegared Dish Found 'Round the World Juan Alcón

The Vinegared Dish Found 'Round the World

Escabeche, the Spanish preserved meat or fish derived from Persia and influencing Peru, is a global addiction. Slide Show

A Persian New Year Feast, From Herbs to Eggs Hamed Saber/flickr

A Persian New Year Feast, From Herbs to Eggs

During Nowruz, "new day" in Farsi, foods are filled with symbolism. "Delicious" would work just as well.

Save a Reef--Eat a Lionfish Photo by coda/FlickrCC

Save a Reef--Eat a Lionfish

This predator is terrorizing Caribbean ecosystems. Good thing it tastes like grouper.

The Most Famous Bean in Spain Photo by Ardo Beltz/Wikimedia Commons

The Most Famous Bean in Spain

Meet the alubia de Tolosa, which is so beloved that locals can join a fraternal order named in its honor.

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