Recipes from The Isle of Man

It just so happens that our next nation follows the last one in proximity as well as alphabetically, though technically I suppose it's closer to England than it is to Ireland. Yes, it's The Isle of Man, as I'm sure you know if you are obsessed with geography and memorizing the location of every tiny, obscure place in the world....

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Recipes from Ireland

You might imagine that it's the small nations that present the biggest challenge for this blog. Smaller, poorer nations don't tend to put large numbers of recipes online, and online is where I get most of my material. I know, Google University. But I don't have the budget (or the bookshelf space!) to buy a book from every...

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Recipes from Iraq

So I won't bore you by telling you a bunch of stuff about Iraq that you already know. Instead I will start this entry with a bunch of useless bits of trivia. In Biblical times, Iraq was known as Mesopotamia. Many of the places mentioned in the Bible are in Iraq, such as the Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel. There...

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Recipes from Iran

Also known as "Persian cuisine," Iranian cuisine is unique to the region, though it has heavily influenced many of the traditions of neighboring nations, such as Turkey and Afghanistan. Iran's culinary influence is felt around the world, too--the kebab originated in Iran, and so did ice cream. And so we reach Iran. I guess...

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