Be A World Wide Chef Right At Home

Cooking can be an exciting culinary adventure. No longer are our palates confined to the traditional dishes our mothers and grandmothers used to cook.

Today, the world is a much smaller place with faster and easier travel. More and more people are going to places they had only read of in books to see the culture and to taste the food.

Today, well known dishes from across the world can just as easily be prepared in our very own kitchens.

Instead of the usual kitchen gadgets, present the chef at home with a whole new world of cooking with these gifts from the different continents of the world.This will be the best gift for the adventurous chef.

I have attempted to introduce gifts to get started on that global culinary adventure.

Just simple ideas to start with.

Try cooking up a storm with gifts from Europe, the Asian continent, Africa and the Americas.

There are recipe books, the basic cooking utensils and sauces just a click away to begin that gastronomic exploration around the world in your very own kitchen.

Italian cuisine is popular in most families.

Pizza, macaroni, spaghetti are some of our all time favorites.

Try your hand at other Italian dishes with some Italian herbs and new recipes.

Ravioli with scampi, tomatoes and rosemary, lemons and white wine

Japanese cuisine offers a variety of specialties from rice, noodles, meats and fish.

Undoubtedly, sushi is one of the most famous and most popular dishes.

Today sushi is a dish containing rice prepared with sushi vinegar. There are various fillings, condiments and toppings.

Sushi rice recipe

Chinese cuisine is in every corner of the world. You can find a Chinese restaurant in almost every city of the world.

Famous for its stir fry among its other cooking methods, it is a skill easily learnt.

History of Chinese cooking with recipes, food information, cooking methods.

Moroccan cuisine is a mix of Arab, Berber, Moorish, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and African influences.

A tagine is a type of dish named after the special pot in which it is cooked.

Tagines in Moroccan cuisine are stews braised at low temperatures resulting in tender meat with aromatic vegetables and sauce.

Moroccan tagines often combine lamb or chicken, vegetables and fruit with an assortment of seasonings which can be Moroccan spices, French, Italian or whatever suits the dish. They can be served with bread, rice or couscous (a Moroccan specialty).

Some tagine recipes

A tagine is essentially an oven and a slow-cooker and can be used in the oven and on top of the stove and then brought to the table for serving.

More tagines here.

Mexican cuisine is known for its intense flavors, colorful presentation and unique spicing.

We are all familiar with Tex Mex cuisine with its nachos which incidentally are very rarely eaten in Mexico.

Mexican cuisine can be very varied due to the influence of the Mayan and Aztec Indians to the French and Spanish settlers.

Burritos,tortillas and enchiladas, tamales and tacos are some of the more commonly known Mexican foods.