Food & Travel
Food represents an integral part of travel. The culinary experiences from around the globe, and dazzling recipes from every country, magnify our travel experience. As an added bonus, dining experiences during travel show us ingrained local culture that we could otherwise never learn.
Would you agree that food can magnify our sensory mindfulness? Have culinary smells ever inspired your taste-buds, or has exotic and delicately textured food been a source of shared fond memories with family and friends?
Food can often be the most enjoyable and memorable part of your journey. Stories of amazing recipes from other lands often resonate with our family and friends and help us build social connections with strangers.
So, I thought it would compliment the psychological aspects of travel (this is Psychology Of Travel after all) to include a comprehensive sample of favorite local dishes from every country of the world. I’ve selected 195 video recipes for foods from around the globe to highlight some of the amazing dishes out there. I chose to include recipes in video format to help more clearly demonstrate the process of cooking and for visual appeal given the intricacies of describing unfamiliar foods.
Recommended Reading on Foods of the World
I also have some recommendations for other explorations into the foods and culture of the international culinary world. Check out Anthony Bourdain’s classic A Cook’s’ Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme or the poignant In Her Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Grandmas Around the World by Gabriele Galimberti.
Do you have children interested in food around the world? Check out Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World by Alice McGinty.
One of my favorite cookbooks for healthy eating (plus some very interesting cultural information on how and what people around the world eat), check out the popular book The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100.
For those interested in creating your own travel or recipe blog, I’d recommend Bluehost for your website hosting. It’s great for WordPress blogs, which also happen to be perfect for building recipe-based blog sites. Good luck with yours, and feel free to provide your favorite recipe blog sites in the Comments section below.
The Mega List of Recipes from Around the World
This is by no means a political post on what constitutes a country versus unrecognized status. Neither does this represent any ordering of countries such as ranking of best food. For simplicity, I went with the 193 countries that are currently fully recognized by the members of the United Nations, plus two countries with status as permanent observers in the United Nations.
If you’re interested, see more about what constitutes a “country” and the apparently hard-to-define precise number of Countries of the World.
Also, it’s pretty much impossible to have one dish represent an entire country. There are so many incredible recipes from each country, including both traditional and progressive dishes, that obviously not all could make this list. In some cases, I have selected the “national dish” of the country. In other cases, I selected the recipe that represented various cultural elements. For, some…well, I just thought it looked delicious!
The foods from every country of the world listed here are examples of local dishes to help inspire you to cook or explore on your travels. Consider this list an appetizer to whet your appetite for more flavors of each part of the world.
Recipes by Country
Is your favorite dish here? What recommendations do you have for other foods that represent your country? Leave them (including recipes for all you amateur or professional chefs out there!) in the Comment Section below and remember to sign up for the free Psychology of Travel Newsletter for more posts like this!
Ready to get started on a worldwide tasting tour from the comfort of your sofa? Get your palate ready because here are the hand-selected video recipes from every country in the world!
*This is a huge list. Feel free to go directly to the a particular country’s recipe page by clicking the Skip to Country links below.
Skip to Country recipe by country name: ABCD–EFGH–IJKL–MNOP–QRST–UVWXYZ
A
- Afghanistan – Kabuli Pulao
- Albania – Albanian Spinach Pastry
- Algeria – Algerian Bourak
- Andorra –Trinxat
- Angola – Chicken Moamba
- Antigua & Barbuda – Ducana
- Argentina – Chimichurri
- Armenia – Armenian Garmir Pilaf
- Australia – Australian Chocolate Lamingtons
- Austria – Austrian Potato Salad
- Azerbaijan – Traditional Lamb Stew
B
- Bahamas – Conch Salad
- Bahrain – Chicken majoboos
- Bangladesh – Bangladeshi Chicken Roast
- Barbados – Bajan Coconut Turnovers
- Belarus – Draniki
- Belgium – Belgian Waffles
- Belize – Belizean Panades
- Benin – Spicy Peanut Sauce
- Bhutan – Jaju
- Bolivia – Salteñas
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Traditional Bosnian Meatballs
- Botswana – Beef Oxtail
- Brazil – Pão De Queijo
- Brunei – Nasi Katok
- Bulgaria – Banitsa
- Burkina Faso – Du Riz Graz Au Poulet
- Burundi – Matoke
C
- Cabo Verde – Cachupa
- Cambodia – Cambodian Lemongrass Beef Skewers
- Cameroon – Ndole
- Canada – Canadian Poutine
- Central African Republic – Kanda ti Nyma (Beef Meatballs in Peanut Butter Stew)
- Chad – Chadian Pasta
- Chile – Chilean Pebre
- China – Chinese Lo Mein
- Colombia – Arepas de Queso
- Comoros – Broiled Lobster in a Vanilla Sauce
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the – Pondu
- Congo, Republic of the – Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)
- Costa Rica – Gallo Pinto
- Cote d’Ivoire – Ivory Coast Style Kedjenou Chicken Stew with Boiled White Rice
- Croatia – Mlinci
- Cuba – Cubano Sandwich
- Cyprus – Sheftalia Cypriot BBQ
- Czechia – Hovězí guláš (Beef Goulash)
D
- Denmark – Overnight Danish Rolls
- Djibouti – Fah Fah Soup
- Dominica – Souse
- Dominican Republic –Mangú con Los Tres Golpes
Hope you are enjoying these video recipes! To continue, feel free to Skip to Country recipe by country name: ABCD–EFGH–IJKL–MNOP–QRST–UVWXYZ.
Remember to add your comments or recipes below for others to enjoy! Let’s spread some culinary love! For those interested in creating your own travel or recipe blog, I’d recommend Bluehost for your website hosting. It’s great for WordPress blogs, which also happen to be perfect for building recipe-based blog sites. Good luck with yours, and feel free to provide your favorite recipe blog sites in the Comments section below.
Plus, check out one of my favorites, The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 for more international recipes which can be very helpful for travelers!
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Happy Travels,
Dr. L
Founder, Psychologyoftravel.com
Great post! I like how you’re giving recipes from all around the world, instead of from only popular destinations.
Thanks very much! Glad you liked it. Yes, it was really interesting to find out about local foods in places all over the world!
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