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Appetizers and Snacks
Banana Guacamole
Dolmas (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
Duck Confit and Fig Crostini
Experimental Sausages: Lemon Sage Sausage and Hungarianish Sausage
Fava Beans with Seaweed Pop Rocks
French Onion Soup Dumplings
Garlic Scape Tartlets
Home-Cured Salmon with Black Pepper and Coriander
Kaddo Bourani (Pumpkin with Yogurt and Meat Sauces)
Onion Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Pork Nests with Apples and Onion Confit
Rhubarb Soup with Nicoise Olive Cookies
Roasted Red Pepper Chipotle Egg Rolls with Tzatziki Dipping Sauce
Roasted Rice Cakes with Onions and Red Chili Pepper Sauce
Salmon Potato Galettes
Son-in-Law Eggs
Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms (Cheese)
Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms (Duck)
Sweet Roasted Káposzta Töltött Paprika (Cabbage-Stuffed Peppers)

Breads
Garlic Focaccia
Scallion (Spring Onion) Bread

Salads
Artichoke and Blood Orange Salad (with frisee, parsley, and cardamom)
Beet and Crispy Garlic Salad
Fava Bean and Cherry Salad
Lemony Pea and Radish Salad with Mint
Not-So-Green Mango Salad
Pistachio Wasabi Beets

Soups and Stews
Chicken and Rice, Curry Banana, Roots and Rhizomes Stew
Crypto-Jewish Brazilian Yellow Stew
East African Sweet Pea Soup
Goose Stew
Hungarian Sausage, Baby Bok Choy, and Sweet Potato Soup
Jerk Corn Chowder
Leek and Oyster Chowder
Parsnip Mint Soup
Persian Pomegranate Soup (Ash-e Anar)
Ramp Udon Soup with Bacon Consommé and Asparagus Tempura
Red Bean and Walnut Soup
Sichuan Shrimp Chowder
Sunchoke Fish Chowder
Sweet Potato, Chestnut, and Bacon Soup
Turkish Red Lentil Soup with Urfa-Biber Mint Sizzle

Main Courses: Meat
Baby Lion’s Head Meatballs
Banana Burgers
Black Pepper Tofu with Pork
Crypto-Jewish Brazilian Yellow Stew
Duck Hearts with Cinnamon Juniper Sauce
Fall-Apart Lamb Shanks with Almond-Chocolate Picada
Farmhouse Pork with Black Beans and Green Peppers (and Trotter Gear)
Finnish Meatballs with Squid Ink Pasta
Green Chicken Korma
Hortobágyi Palacsintak (Pancakes Stuffed with Meat Stew)
Jambalaya, TOPP-Style
Jerk Chicken
Kabocha Beef Tagine with Chickpeas and Preserved Lemon
Kumquat Braised Oxtail with Chestnut Stracci
Lamb Kofta with Apricot sauce
Lamb Tagine with Apricots, Dates, and Yams
Lamb Tagine with Pearl Onions, Dates, and Sugar Snap Peas
Ma La Chicken with Roly-Poly Squash
Malaysian Beef Curry with Thick Onion Sauce (Daging Nasi Kandar)
Malaysian Chicken Satay
Miso Butterscotch Spare Ribs
Moroccan Inspired Pork Shanks
Mushroom Chicken Pie
Non-mayo chicken salad concepts
Peposo
Pomegranate Ginger Saffron Braised Lamb Neck
Pork and Chestnut Goulash
Pork Nests with Apples and Onion Confit
Pork & Sundried Tomato Cappelletti with Pomegranate Walnut Sauce
Roasted Leg of Lamb Stuffed With Pork, Chestnuts, and Morels
Rosemary Noodles with Pigeon Essences
Saffron Duck Pot Pie
Smoky Date Beef Ribs
Sour Cherry Barbecue Sauce and Baby Back Ribs
Sour Cherry Braised Lamb Shanks
Spicy Beef Slices with Tangerine Peel
Stewed Garlicky Black Bean Spare Ribs
Stir-fried Pork with Pattypan Squash and Garlic Scapes
Stir-Fried String Beans with Pork and Pork
Töltött Káposzta (Stuffed Cabbage)
Walnut Chicken

Main Courses: Seafood
Broiled Yellowtail with Grapefruit Salsa
Creamy Kimchi Grits with Shredded Brussel Sprouts, Shrimp, and Pork/Beer Sauce
Freeform Caramel Prawn Pies
Green Curry Shrimp
Scallop Chickpea Tagine
Spicy Shrimp with Wine Rice
Stir-Fried Clams with Black Bean Sauce
Striped Bass with Ramps

Main Courses: Vegetarian
Chickpea-Stuffed Delicata Squash
Mujaddara
Turkish-Style Burdock Root

Side Dishes
Broccoli with Apple Cider and Horseradish
Chile Lime Sweet Potatoes with Spinach Clove Yogurt
Clementine Sunchoke Puree
Cranberry Pecan Stuffing
Creamy Kimchi Grits
Crispy Potatoes
Cubed Radish Kimchi
Cucumber Salad in Two Grandmotherly Styles
Curried Cauliflower
Fig, Sweet Potato, and Wild Rice Stuffing
Grapefruit Salsa
Israeli Couscous with Afghan-Inspired Caramelized Carrots
Lamby Cranberry Beans with Itsy Bitsy Potatoes
Miso Almond Romanesco
Quick-Pickled Cucumbers with Chili Bean Sauce
Red Cabbage with Chestnuts
Shredded Burdock Root
Sweet and Sour Lotus Root

Rice, Noodles, &c.
Autumn Rice
Butternut Squash Risotto
Chestnut Stracci
Israeli Couscous with Afghan-Inspired Caramelized Carrots
Pasta with Red Lentils, Ginger, and Spinach
Saffron Dill Cappelletti Stuffed With Leeks
Truffled Gruyere Risotto

Beverages
Cardamom Honey Wine, a/k/a Herbal Masala Mead
Horchata
Lemongrass Saffron Soda and Ginger Ice Cream Float
Lime Syllabub
Parsi New Year’s Milkshake (Faluda)
Pear Liquor
Toasted Hazelnut Chai

Jams, Sauces, Condiments, Kitchen Staples, &c.
Apricot Ketchup
Bacon
Banana Rum Ketchup
Blueberry Port Chutney
Gunpowder Carrot Chutney
Homebrew Vinegar
Kumquat Marmalade
Pecan Mole
Persimmon Mint Salsa
Pickled Garlic Seeds
Ramp Butter
Sichuan Chili Oil
Sour Cherry Barbecue Sauce
Sour Cherry Sage Flower Jam
Tomato Jam

Desserts and Other Sweets: Cakes, Pies, and Tarts
Apricot Marzipan Tartlets
Banana Caramel Tart
Carrot Cake
Chocolate Birthday Cake
Chocolate-Whiskey Pudding Cake
Cranberry Lemon Cornmeal Cake
Grapefruit Almond Tart
Kumquat Cake
Lazy, Rustic, Haphazard, and Amazing Sour Cherry Pies
Pear and Basil Tart
Pink Peppercorn Encrusted Flourless Chocolate Cake
Rakott Palacsinta (Hungarian Pancake Cake)
Rum-Drenched Cocoa-Nana Bread
Sour Cherry Coffee Cake
Sour Cherry Pie
The Queen of Sheba

Desserts and Other Sweets: Candy
Aztec Marshmallows
Chevre Truffles
Cinnamon Marzipan Sichuan Peppercorn Truffles
Cocoa Nib Caramel & Almond Butter Nougat Bars
Maple Cream Truffles
Pumpkin Seed Cocoa Nib Brittle
Rumquat Truffles
Zambian Honey Truffles

Desserts and Other Sweets: Cookies
Apricot Hazelnut Squares
Balsamic Fudge Drops
Black and White Cookies
Blueberry Port Chutney Shortbread Bars
Cardamom Almond and Black Pepper Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
Chewy Cherry Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Maple Cookies
Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops
Chocolate Maple Lace Cookies
Cocoa Nib and Currant Rugelach
Hazelnut Amaretti
Lemon Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Nibby Strawberry Chestnut Cookies
Nicoise Olive Cookies
Nutmeg Chipotle Tuiles with Chocolate Mousse
Pink Grapefruit Ginger Cream Cookies
Rainbow Cookies
Salty Oat Cookies
Tea Cookies

Desserts and Other Sweets: Ice Creams and Sorbets
Basil Sorbet with Lemon Olive Oil
Apple Caramel Ice Cream
Baked Rummy Plantains with Cinnamon Gelato
Blueberry Oatmeal Crisp with Lime Ice Cream
Chocolate Cassis Sorbet
Cocoa Nib Ice Cream
Clementine Sassafras Ice Cream
Cranberry Quince Sorbet
Hazelnut Cookie Sherry Vinegar Swirl Ice Cream
Lemongrass Saffron Soda and Ginger Ice Cream Float
Paprika Ice Cream
Sour Cherry Almond Milk Sorbet
Strawberry Tarragon Sorbet
Thai Iced Tea Ice Cream

Desserts and Other Sweets: Other
Apples Doused in Cardamom Wine
Apricot Fruit Leather Ravioli
Baked Rummy Plantains with Cinnamon Gelato
Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins
Banana Malt Brûlée Spoonfuls
Blueberry Oatmeal Crisp with Lime Ice Cream
Brandied Peach, Ginger, and Sweet Corn Cornbread Trifles
Cabbage Strudel
Chocolate From Scratch
Chocolate Raspberry Napoleons
Cocoa Nib Flans with Raw Sugar Sauce
Cranberry Leek Strudel
Double Ginger Chocolate Chunk Scones
Fig and Date Basteeya
Forbidden Rice with Persimmon and Coconut
Ginger Rum Churros with Milk Chocolate Dipping Sauce
Kentucky Coffee Spread
Lime Syllabub
Maple Crema
Marxipan Muffins
Monkey Bread
Nutmeg Chipotle Tuiles with Chocolate Mousse
Paprika Sticky Rolls
Pumpkin Nests
Raspberry Pomegranate Urfa-Biber Brownies
Rosemary Currant Shortbread with Cumin Ginger Apples
Welsh Cakes with Dried Apricots and Candied Ginger

Desserts and Other Sweets: A Little More Complicated
Almond Buttermilk Biscuits with Sour Cherry Compote, Butterscotch, and Candied Pickled Ginger
Amaretto Brownies with Saffron Creme Anglaise and Bee Pollen Spice Mix
Cardamom Meyer Lemon Créme Brûlée Bubbles
Saffron Turmeric Cake with Meyer Lemon Sorbet, Argan Oil Whipped Cream, Almond Brittle, and Thyme