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Lamb kleftiko in a deep oval terracotta dish lined with crumpled parchment: three golden pieces of slow-roasted lamb shoulder on the bone, pulling apart, over golden potatoes, onion, garlic and bay leaves, with lemon wedges and bread beside it

Greek

Lamb Kleftiko: Greek Slow-Roasted Lamb with Lemon Potatoes

6 servings · 5 hr 50 min

Paraguayan vori vori in a wide rust-red stoneware bowl: thick golden chicken soup with round cornmeal and cheese balls, a browned chicken drumstick, cubes of squash, red pepper, scallions and parsley, a white enamel stockpot behind

Paraguayan

Vori Vori: Paraguay's Chicken Soup with Cornmeal Balls

6 servings · 2 hr

Gajar ka halwa heaped in a hammered brass bowl, deep reddish orange and glossy with ghee, topped with slivered almonds, chopped pistachios and golden raisins, beside fresh carrots, green cardamom pods and a brass spoon, with lit clay diyas and marigolds behind

Indian

Gajar ka Halwa: Indian Carrot Pudding Slow-Cooked in Milk

8 servings · 1 hr 40 min

Jamaican oxtail stew in a silver cast-aluminium Dutch pot, dark glossy pieces of oxtail falling from the bone with butter beans, a round of carrot and a whole orange scotch bonnet, beside a plate of rice and peas with fried ripe plantain

Jamaican

Jamaican Oxtail: Slow-Braised Sunday Stew with Butter Beans

6 servings · 7 hr 45 min

Champurrado in two glazed terracotta clay cups, thick and deep chocolate brown under a fine froth, a drip running down the side of one cup, beside a wooden molinillo, two cinnamon sticks, a cone of piloncillo and wedges of Mexican chocolate, with orange marigolds behind

Mexican

Champurrado: Mexican Chocolate Atole Thickened with Masa

6 servings · 35 min

Fesenjan in a light turquoise enameled Dutch oven: bone-in chicken thighs in a thick, glossy, dark brown sauce of ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses, scattered with pomegranate seeds and walnut pieces, beside a platter of basmati rice topped with saffron rice, with half a pomegranate and a bowl of whole walnuts behind

Persian

Fesenjan: Persian Chicken Stew with Walnuts and Pomegranate

6 servings · 2 hr 50 min

Ají de gallina in a deep teal enameled Dutch oven: shredded chicken in a thick golden-yellow sauce under grated Parmesan, with a wooden spoon standing in it, beside a plate of white rice, the chicken, sliced boiled potatoes, half a hard-boiled egg and a black olive, and a bowl of olives behind

Peruvian

Ají de Gallina: Peruvian Creamy Chicken in Yellow Chile

6 servings · 1 hr 25 min

Kimchi jjigae in a sage-green enameled Dutch oven: soft orange-red kimchi, pieces of pork belly and white tofu in a deep red broth topped with sliced scallions, beside a bowl of white rice, steel chopsticks and a spoon, and small dishes of bean sprouts and spinach

Korean

Kimchi Jjigae: Korean Kimchi Stew with Pork Belly and Tofu

4 servings · 1 hr 5 min

Beef rendang in a mustard-yellow enameled Dutch oven: dark, glossy chunks of slow-cooked beef coated in a thick brown coconut and chile paste, with a knotted lemongrass stalk and makrut lime leaves on top and a bowl of steamed white rice beside the pot

Indonesian

Indonesian Beef Rendang, Slow-Cooked in Coconut Milk

8 servings · 3 hr 30 min

Mujadara in a charcoal-grey enameled Dutch oven: fluffy rice and brown lentils under a pile of dark fried onions and a few parsley leaves, with a bowl of plain yogurt beside the pot and a cucumber and tomato salad behind it

Lebanese

Mujadara: Lebanese Lentils and Rice with Fried Onions

6 servings · 1 hr 40 min

Black sesame soup in a pale celadon bowl on a matching saucer, smooth and jet black under a wisp of steam, a white porcelain soup spoon resting beside it, with a small dish of raw black sesame seeds in front and a steel saucepan of more soup behind

Chinese

Black Sesame Soup (Zhi Ma Hu), a Cantonese Sweet Soup

4 servings · 3 hr 35 min

Filipino chicken adobo in a green enameled Dutch oven: chicken thighs and drumsticks glazed deep brown in a dark soy and vinegar sauce with whole garlic cloves, bay leaves and black peppercorns, a bowl of steamed white rice beside the pot

Filipino

Filipino Chicken Adobo, Braised in Vinegar and Soy Sauce

6 servings · 1 hr 25 min