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A journey through world cuisine from A-Z
A journey through world cuisine from A-Z
These dinners are each hosted by one of us, inviting everyone over to (usually) their place.
It’s now 6.6.20, almost 3 months since our last International Dinner. During April & May we, and the rest of the UK, were under Lockdown, hunkering down in our respective homes with our families. It was… interesting. Lonely, for sure, but it also gave us time & headspace to explore other pursuits. Dorottya & Lianne, …
16.3.20 – We’re now dangerously close to LOCKDOWN. Bernhard & I had just returned from a week’s holiday in Israel, to celebrate our 40th birthdays (we very nearly share the birth date; Oh, the cheese!). All over Europe borders were shutting down and flights cancelled – we were incredibly lucky to have had our (really …
I?? – you ask – What about H? Well, dear reader, we fudged the order a bit with these next few dinners: Dorottya wanted to do a traditional outdoor Goulash cookout for H – Hungarian (her home country) – so in a daring move we decided to push that forward to await warmer weather, and …
We’re now on 20.1.2020. Oh, little did we know what this year would bring! When I think of our naive, hopeful selves… but jumping ahead here. back then the Corona Virus was just a mildly-scary thing happening to some unfortunate chines province. Here in London, we were more concerned with which cuisine to celebrate next. …
4.12.19 – F – Fiji! I loved both cooking and eating this meal, which came out light, vibrant, and full of flavours. It also had the happiest Playlist 
Assembled friends: Dorottya with her friend Kati, Idit and Oliver (who bravely came despite having a mild fever), Benrhard & myself. I totally cheated my way …
24.10.19 : For E we ‘traveled’ again to north Africa – with Dorottya’s Egyptian dinner. We had pitta with Salatit Zabadi (simmilar to the Greek tzaziki dip) for starters, then a hot & delicious Lamb stew on white rice, spiced Okra / Bamia, and a spicy, warm Citrus & Nut Compote on vanilla ice-cream. I’m …
After Chad came Denmark , on 4.9.19. Bernhard served a delicious Smorgasbord of Smoked Salmon, a Sour Cream and Horse Radish spread, and fresh chives, and then a fab roasted Duck stuffed with apples & pears (it’s a Christmas recipe, but hey…) with potatoes and caramelised purple cabbage. Dorottya brought a bottle of god-awful Caraway …
My hosting ‘debut’ was on 10.7.19 with the letter C – and I chose Chad (a Muslim country in north-central Africa). I admit I was a bit nervious, keen to make a success of it. I tried to br hard-core and soundtrack the meal with authentic Chadian music, but after a few tracks we all …
Now, perhaps this is the time & place to mention that none of us is a pro. We’re decent home cooks, who enjoy experimenting with eating and making new foods outside of the monotonous child-friendly dishes we’re usually limited to. We research, choose manageable recipes, hunt for ingredients, and hope we don’t completely botch it …
So, the first International Dinner of the rebooted alphabet – on 2.3.2019 – was Austria, for A: Bernhard’s homeland. And guess what? I was not invited! During planing it turned into a family affair – with children – and as I had not yet been introduced to Bernhard’s sons… well, those of you who’ve gone …