Recipes

Venezuela's national plate in a pocket, corn arepa stuffed with beef, black beans and plantain.

The shredded-beef arepa, spiced beef folded into a corn pocket, Caracas street style.

Dutch puff-pastry strips: sugary, cinnamon-dusted and crisp.

Valencian baked rice, pork, black pudding and lardons baked into a hearty one-pan.

Saffron-tinted Spanish rice with prawns, squid and bay, a coastal one-pan supper straight out of Valencia.

Latin rice pudding: milk-slowed rice with cinnamon and vanilla.

The Argentine grill-out, mixed meats slow-cooked over coals, more ritual than recipe.

Charred aubergine slices layered on toasted bread with hummus and walnuts, a smoky Middle Eastern open-faced bite.

Roasted aubergine folded through fluffy couscous with cherry tomatoes and mint, bright, herby and good warm or cold.

The Australian burger with the lot, beef, beetroot and fried extras stacked high.

Lao tapioca pudding with banana: coconut-rich and sticky-sweet.

The Norwegian celebration tower, chewy almond rings stacked into a cone.

Hot boiled potatoes for dunking into a cool, zingy avocado-yoghurt dip with lime, the easiest party plate going.

Malaysian grilled chicken, thighs charred over a spiced coconut glaze until lacquered.

Danish spherical pancakes, light, cardamom-scented and dusted with sugar.

Smoky aubergine dip whipped with tahini, garlic and lemon, the Levantine staple.

Iranian homemade baklava: layered pastry with walnuts and syrup.

A Brazilian coconut-oil prawn stew with lime and spring onion, the bright, seafood-rich moqueca of Bahia.

Cambodian grilled pork over rice, coconut-soy marinated slices, the street breakfast of Phnom Penh.

Smoky fire-roasted aubergine mashed into a spiced tomato, onion and chilli curry, a deeply savoury Indian vegetarian staple.

Barbadian sweet bread: coconut-rich and raisin-studded.

Baked brie with a sorrel jam: sharp green preserves over molten cheese.

Salmon fillets roasted over shaved fennel and burst cherry tomatoes, bright, light, and one tray.

Baked cassava fries: crisp outside, starchy inside.