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The Sponge and the Stew
Photo by Anuja Tilj on Unsplash
#036 Hard
The Sponge and the Stew
On a large round platter, a spongy, sour flatbread covers the entire surface like a tablecloth. Dollops of dar…
The Three Ingredient Trap
Photo by Zoran Borojevic on Unsplash
#035 Medium
The Three Ingredient Trap
In a Roman kitchen no bigger than a closet, a cook drains pasta one minute early and saves a cup of the starch…
The Thousand Layers
Photo by Ömer Haktan Bulut on Unsplash
#034 Easy
The Thousand Layers
In a pastry shop where copper trays stretch from wall to wall, a baker lays down sheets of dough so thin they’…
The Dawn Broth
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
#033 Easy
The Dawn Broth
At four in the morning, a pot that’s been simmering since yesterday exhales a perfume of charred ginger, star…
The Herdsman's Red
#032 Medium
The Herdsman's Red
On the Great Plain, where the horizon is a flat line and the wind carries the scent of paprika fields, a cauld…
The Smoke and the Scotch
Photo by Jono Hirst on Unsplash
#031 Medium
The Smoke and the Scotch
On a hillside where pimento wood burns slow and sweet, a cook lifts the lid of a steel drum cut in half. Smoke…
The Pick-Me-Up
Photo by Lynda Kechiche on Unsplash
#030 Easy
The Pick-Me-Up
In a restaurant kitchen in the northeast of Italy, a cook dips ladyfingers into espresso with the speed and pr…
The Spice Route Bowl
Photo by Max Griss on Unsplash
#029 Medium
The Spice Route Bowl
In a hawker center where ceiling fans spin lazily above a dozen competing stalls, a bowl arrives trailing a cl…
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