From the steppes of Mongolia where we made milk tea with dumplings, we head down to Central Africa and visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the DRC, we make vegan fumbwa or fumbua, a creamy stew with leafy greens, peanuts and smoked tofu. Read on to learn a […]
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From our meal of spherical pancakes in Denmark, we head to East Asia and land on the steppes of Mongolia. Here we make vegan banshtai tsai – Mongolian milk tea with dumplings. This traditional Mongolian comfort food uses tea as an ingredient in a savoury dish, something that was new […]
From foul medames in the deserts of Egypt to the desserts of Denmark, this week we travel to Northern Europe and Scandinavia and cook vegan æbleskiver. These Danish spherical pancakes are usually enjoyed around Christmas but delicious year round. Read on to learn more about their origin and how they […]
From our last stop in Serbia, we head southeast across the sea and find ourselves in Egypt. Today, we prepare ful medames (pronounced like fool), an ancient fava bean dish. While the dish has likely been made for thousands of years and is incredibly popular across Northern Africa, the Levant, […]
Today we set foot in the Balkan as we learn a bit about Serbian cooking. We make a burek, a nice filo dough pastry filled with vegan mince, onion and potato. Crispy and rich in flavour, this traditional Serbian breakfast-and-more dish is sure to delight. Yum Serbian cuisine Serbia is […]
It’s time for our first stop in Central Africa. Today we visit Angola and cook a vegan version of calulu, a filling stew with red palm oil, okra, eggplant and tomatoes. Read on to learn a bit about Angolan cuisine and the influences from Brazil and Portugal or jump straight […]
While Antarctica is technically not a country, I couldn’t resist “visiting” this majestic continent on this blog. Since 19th and early 20th century Polar exploration is such a riveting topic I knew I wanted to do something for Antarctica the moment I started this project of cooking one dish per […]
For our first visit to Polynesia, we make a stop in Samoa to enjoy a Samoan vegan dessert: suafa’i. This banana and coconut soup or pudding gets a very special texture from tapioca pearls. Read on to learn a bit about Samoan cuisine or jump straight to the recipe. Yum […]
Our first stop in North Africa finds us in Libya, where Arabic, Berber and Mediterranean traditions fuse. To explore the Libyan kitchen, we make vegan M’battan: a delicious snack of battered, deep fried potato wedges stuffed with spiced soy mince. Read on to learn a bit about Libyan cuisine or […]
For this week’s stop on our vegan world tour, we find ourselves in Sri Lanka where we cook with a very interesting ingredient: fresh banana blossom. This vegan banana blossom curry is incredibly rich and tasty yet and is yet very fast to make. Yum Sri Lankan cuisine Sri Lanka […]