All Mysteries — Meal Mysteries

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#012 Medium

In a kitchen at the southern tip of a continent, spices that traveled by ship three centuries ago meet ground…

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#011 Medium

Before dawn in a South Indian kitchen, a batter that’s been fermenting since yesterday hits a scorching hot ir…

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#010 Easy

At a roadside stand where the griddle never cools, a woman pats a ball of dough between her palms with a rhyth…

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#009 Hard

In a bamboo steamer clouded with vapor, delicate parcels sit in neat rows, their translucent skins glistening.…

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#008 Easy

In the back kitchen of a restaurant that changed a city’s cuisine forever, a cook stirs a pot of tomato sauce…

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#007 Medium

Two neighboring nations have been arguing about this dish for decades, and neither plans to stop. The rice is…

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#006 Easy

In a farmhouse kitchen somewhere in Eastern Europe, flour dusts every surface and a grandmother’s hands move w…

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#005 Hard

In a kitchen thick with the scent of lemongrass and galangal, a pot has been simmering since dawn. The coconut…