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Meal families

Cheeses

Cabécou

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Occitania. Aveyron, Rouergue. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.

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Beef

Chili con carne

Beef and chili (spice mix) with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato…) and aromatics (garlic, cumin…).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawns

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Main meals

Seafood gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bouzigues oysters

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek pie

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Regina pizza

Pizza with mushroom, ham, mozzarella and tomato sauce.

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Poultry

Green curry chicken

Thailand.
Green curry : complex combination of spices or herbs (green chili, shallot, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime zest, coriander root, red turmeric, roasted coriander, cumin seeds, white pepper, shrimp paste and salt) mixed with coconut milk, palm sugar and fish sauce.

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Cheeses

Saint-André

France. Normandy. Orne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with olive oil

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter : butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Desserts

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Cheeses

Bent River

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with tapenade

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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