Hi everybody!
I'd like to step up my cooking game and if you would too this thread is for you. I'm by no means a professional and don't even have a fully stocked kitchen but I do enjoy cooking and would like to do some new things in the kitchen. I wanted to do a 52 recipes in 52 weeks type challenge but then I'd have to wait 6 months. Being the impatient person I am I decided to go for a condensed version. Maybe if this takes off we can do a full 52 in 2015.
On to the challenge itself: The challenge is to do 26 recipes in the last 26 weeks of the year. It's always fun exploring the cuisine of different cultures and I'd like to keep a weekly theme so I decided to do a new country every week starting July 1st. I did countries with national holidays in those weeks. You can choose any country listed in the week we are currently doing and in week 16 do anything you want. I apologize if any country is missing, in the wrong spot or any other inaccuracy. Feel free to correct me in the form of replying or preferably by PM. I'll edit the OP as soon as I can.
I want this to be an inclusive challenge meant more to actually help us grow as people and less getting in the way of our everyday lives. The recipes can be anything from the countries listed; breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizer, entree, dessert, drink, etc. On the other hand to keep this thread engaging and fun I'd ask everyone to post pictures and recipes if possible.
Sorry this only leaves 12 days for signups if you want to get in by week 1 and do the full 26 but even if you're catching this thread half way through and just want to share one or two recipes you tried out that's perfectly acceptable and still an accomplishment you should be proud of.
PARTICIPANTS:
I'd like to step up my cooking game and if you would too this thread is for you. I'm by no means a professional and don't even have a fully stocked kitchen but I do enjoy cooking and would like to do some new things in the kitchen. I wanted to do a 52 recipes in 52 weeks type challenge but then I'd have to wait 6 months. Being the impatient person I am I decided to go for a condensed version. Maybe if this takes off we can do a full 52 in 2015.
On to the challenge itself: The challenge is to do 26 recipes in the last 26 weeks of the year. It's always fun exploring the cuisine of different cultures and I'd like to keep a weekly theme so I decided to do a new country every week starting July 1st. I did countries with national holidays in those weeks. You can choose any country listed in the week we are currently doing and in week 16 do anything you want. I apologize if any country is missing, in the wrong spot or any other inaccuracy. Feel free to correct me in the form of replying or preferably by PM. I'll edit the OP as soon as I can.
I want this to be an inclusive challenge meant more to actually help us grow as people and less getting in the way of our everyday lives. The recipes can be anything from the countries listed; breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizer, entree, dessert, drink, etc. On the other hand to keep this thread engaging and fun I'd ask everyone to post pictures and recipes if possible.
By the end of this I hope to be an expert in Japanese Cuisine as well as many others.WEEK 1:
Burundi
Canada
Rwanda
Somalia
United States
Cape Verde
Venezuela
Cayman Islands
Solomon Islands
WEEK 2:
Palau
Bahamas
Mongolia
São Tomé and Príncipe
Montenegro
New Caledonia
France
Wallis and Futuna
St. Martin
St. Pierre and Miquelon
WEEK 3:
Iraq
Colombia
Belgium
WEEK 4:
Egypt
Liberia
Peru
WEEK 5:
Morocco
Vanuatu
Benin
Switzerland
Macedonia
Cook Islands
WEEK 6:
Bolivia
Jamaica
Côte d'Ivoire
Singapore
Ecuador
Chad
WEEK 7:
Congo
Korea (South)
Liechtenstein
Gabon
Indonesia
WEEK 8:
Afghanistan
Hungary
Ukraine
Uruguay
WEEK 9:
Moldova
Turks and Caicos Islands
Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia
Trinidad and Tobago
Libya
Slovakia
Uzbekistan
WEEK 10:
Vietnam
Qatar
San Marino
Swaziland
Brazil
Andorra
WEEK 11:
Korea (North)
Tajikistan
Gibraltar
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
WEEK 12:
Mexico
Papua New Guinea
Chile
St. Kitts and Nevis
Armenia
Belize
Malta
Mali
WEEK 13:
Saudi Arabia
Guinea-Bissau
WEEK 14:
Botswana
China, People's Rep. of
Cyprus
Hong Kong
Macau
Nigeria
Tuvalu
Guinea
Germany
Lesotho
WEEK 15:
Croatia
Uganda
Taiwan
Equatorial Guinea
Spain
Fiji
WEEK 16:
Free space (Choose any country)
WEEK 17:
Zambia
Austria
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Turkmenistan
WEEK 18:
Czech Rep.
Turkey
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Panama
WEEK 19:
Cambodia
WEEK 20:
Angola
WEEK 21:
Latvia
Oman
Niger
Monaco
Lebanon
WEEK 22:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Suriname
Albania
East Timor
Mauritania
Barbados
Central African Republic
Romania
WEEK 23:
Laos
United Arab Emirates
Thailand
Finland
WEEK 24:
Burkina Faso
Kenya
WEEK 25:
Bahrain
Kazakhstan
Bhutan
WEEK 26:
Japan
Sorry this only leaves 12 days for signups if you want to get in by week 1 and do the full 26 but even if you're catching this thread half way through and just want to share one or two recipes you tried out that's perfectly acceptable and still an accomplishment you should be proud of.
PARTICIPANTS:
zbarron
DJ_Lae