Introduction -- 1. AFRICA -- All holidays: African Porridge (Traditional Cornmeal Mush) -- NORTH AFRICA -- Ramadan: Harira Souiria (Ramadan Soup) -- Algeria -- Eid al-Fitr: Fish with Cumin -- Independence Day: Loubia (Green Beans with Almonds) -- All holidays: Chlada Fakya (Fresh Fruit Medley) -- Libya -- Eid al-Fitr: Haraymi (Marinated Fish in Tomato Sauce) -- All holidays: Semesmyah (Sesame Candy) -- Morocco -- All holidays: Batinjaan Zalud (Cooked Eggplant Salad) -- Ramadan: Moroccan Mint Tea -- Weddings and Feasts: Mescouta (Date Bars) -- Sudan -- Eid al-Adha: Cooked Eggplant with Groundnuts -- Eid al-Adha: Tajine with Lamb, Lemon, and Olives (Lamb and Vegetable Stew) -- Tunisia -- Independence Day: Sablés (Sand Cookies) -- Eid al-Fitr: Tunisian Dried Fruit Salad -- Eid al-Fitr: Stuffed Dates with Fondant -- WEST AFRICA -- Benin, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo -- Independence Day: Akkra Funfun (White Bean Fritters) -- Burkina Faso -- Bobo Masquerade: Burkina Faso Chicken Gizzards -- Christmas: Groundnut Cookies -- Winter Solstice or Independence Day: Boussan touba (Beancakes) -- Ghana -- All holidays: Fufu (Yam or Sweet Potato Balls) -- Independence Day: Atwimo (Twisted Cookies) -- Gambia and Guinea -- Eid al-Fitr: Poulet Yassa (Chicken Casserole) -- Eid al-Fitr: Boiled Mangoes -- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) -- Christmas: Halibut Casserole -- Christmas: Avocat Epicé (Avocado Boat) -- Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Eid al-Fitr: Aloco (Fried Sweet Plantains) -- All holidays: Banga (Palm Nut Soup with Crabmeat) -- All holidays: Black Beauty and Ponkie Rice (Eggplant and Pumpkin Rice) -- All holidays: Rice with Chicken -- Mali and Mauritania.

Eid al-Fitr: Lamb Stew -- All holidays: Sweet Couscous -- Niger -- Eid al-Fitr: Joffof (Rice with Lamb) -- Eid al-Fitr: Niger Pancakes with Shrimp -- Nigeria -- All holidays: Ewa Dodo (Seafood, Plantains, and Black-Eyed Peas) -- All holidays: Kuli Kuli (Groundnut Patties) -- lri-Ji Festival: Futari (Yams and Squash) -- Senegal -- Independence Day: Mafé of Senegal (Groundnut Stew) -- All holidays: Homemade Peanut Butter -- Eid al-Fitr: Thiebouidienne (Fish Stew) -- CENTRAL AFRICA -- Angola -- Christmas: Nyeleng (Peanut and Beef Gumbo) -- Cameroon -- All holidays: Poulet au Yassa (Chicken Stew) -- National Day: Fried Millet -- Central African Republic -- All holidays: Greens and Rice -- All holidays: Loz (Almond Sweetmeats) -- Chad -- All holidays: Jarret de Boeuf (Beef Stew) -- Ramadan: Mtedza-Malawi (Peanut Vegetable Casserole) -- Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo -- All holidays: Egusi Soup -- Easter or Harvest Feast: Pinto Beans with Potatoes -- Equatorial Guinea and Gabon -- All holidays: Equatorial Guinea Chicken with Peanut Sauce -- SOUTHERN AFRICA -- Botswana -- Christmas: Cold Beef Curry -- Lesotho and Swaziland -- Moshoeshoe Day or Christmas: Cabbage and Bacon -- All holidays: Mealie-Meal (Cornmeal Cakes) -- Christmas: Inyama Yenkukhu (Traditional Pan-Fried Chicken) -- Namibia -- Easter or Christmas: Kejenou (Chicken and Shrimp Stew) -- All holidays: Afriki Yakhni (African Curry) -- South Africa -- Christmas: Geel Rys (Rice Side Dish with Raisins) -- Christmas: Krakelinge (Dutch Figure-Eight Cookies) -- Christmas: Karringmelkbeskuit (Buttermilk Rusk) -- EAST AFRICA -- Burundi and Rwanda -- All holidays: Kuku na Nazi (Chicken in Coconut Milk) -- Christmas: Banana and Split Pea Porridge -- Djibouti and Eritrea -- Ramadan: Mararake Kaloune (Fish Gumbo) -- Ethiopia -- All holidays: Yetakelt W'et (Spicy Mixed Vegetable Stew).

All holidays: Injera (Ethiopian Flat Bread) -- Ethiopian Christmas: Yemiser Selatta (Lentil Salad) -- Kenya -- Christmas Dinner: Cold Roast Beef with Pineapple -- All holidays: Peach Chutney -- Christmas: Sukuma Wiki (Sautéed Kale or Collard Greens) -- Madagascar, Malawi, and Zambia -- All holidays: Salady Voankazo (Fresh Fruit Compote with Lychee Nuts) -- Easter and Famadihana: Curried Rice with Raisins and Nuts -- Independence Day: Kitoza (Dried Meat) -- Mozambique -- All holidays: Matata (Clam and Peanut Stew) -- Eid al-Fitr: Bolo Polana (Nuts and Potato Cake) -- Somalia -- Eid al-Fitr: Skudahkharis (Lamb and Rice) -- Eid al-Fitr or Christmas: Samaki Was Kukuang (Poached Whole Fish) -- Tanzania -- Christmas: Coconut Bean Soup -- Eid al-Fitr: Supu Ya Ndizi (East African Plantain Soup) -- Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Easter, or Christmas: Wili na Samaki (Rice with Fish) -- Eid al-Adha or other Christian holidays: Kashata (Coconut Balls) -- Uganda -- All holidays: Engege Apolo (Ugandan-Style Fried Fish) -- All holidays: Matoke (Plantain and Meat Stew) -- Zimbabwe -- All holidays: Sosaties (Lamb Kebobs) -- All holidays: Sadza (Fried Cornmeal Mush) -- 2. ASIA, INDIA, AND SOUTH PACIFIC AREA -- Afghanistan -- All holidays: Pakaura (Golden Potato Coins) -- All holidays: Chutni Gashneetch (Cilantro Chutney) -- Eid al-Fitr: Gosh Feel (Elephant Ear Pastries) -- Bangladesh -- All holidays: Shakkar Pongal (Rice and Lentil Pudding) -- All holidays: Behndi Foogath (Stewed Okra) -- New Year's: Zarda (Sweet Rice) -- All holidays: Shandesh (Fresh Cheese Dessert) -- Laos and Cambodia -- Visakh Bochea Festival: Phaneng Kai (Chicken Stuffed with Peanuts) -- New Year's: Sambal Goreng Telo (Eggs in Red Pepper Sauce) -- China and Taiwan -- Chinese New Year: Chiao-Tzu (Dumpling Wrappers) -- Chinese New Year: Pork Filling for Chiao-Tzu (Dumplings) -- Dipping Sauce.

Chinese New Year: Baked Nian Gao (Sweet Red Bean Sticky Cake) -- Chinese New Year: Chinese Spring Rolls -- Chinese New Year: Ch'a Yeh Tan (Tea Eggs) -- India -- Diwali: Massoor Dal (Orange Lentils) -- All holidays: Ghee (Indian Clarified Butter) -- All holidays: Paratha (also Parattas) (Flat Bread) -- Holi Festival: Gulab Jamun (Fried Milk-Balls in Sweet Syrup) -- Diwali: Paneer Tikka Masala (Indian Cheese with Peppers in Tomato Sauce) -- Tikka Masala Sauce -- Holi Festival: Halvah Dessert -- Indonesia -- Hindu New Year's Day: Pepes Udang (Indonesian Steamed Shrimp) -- All celebrations: Nasi Kuning (Indonesian Golden Rice) -- Independence Day Celebration: Gada Goda (Vegetable Salad) -- Selamatan Feast: Rudjak (Fruit Salad) -- Ginger Dressing for Fruit Salad -- All holidays: Sotot Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup with Lemongrass) -- Japan -- Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year): Toshi Koshi Soba (Buckwheat Noodles in Broth) -- Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year): Gyoza (Japanese Pot-Stickers-Dumplings) -- Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year): Ozoni (New Year's Soup with Rice Cake) -- Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year): Osechi-Ryori (New Year's Food) -- Plum Blossom Eggs -- Sliced Carrots -- Cucumber Slices -- Tsukemono (Pickled Vegetables) -- Mizutaki (Tabletop Cooking in Broth) -- Dipping Sauce -- Korea-North and South -- Sol or Ch'usok: Bulgogi (Korean Barbecued Beef) -- Sol or Ch'usok: Kimchi Chigae (Kimchi Stew) -- Sol or Ch'usok: Kimchi (also Kim Chee) (Pickled Cabbage) -- Malaysia and Singapore -- Chinese New Year: Udang Masak Lemak Nenas (Pineapple Prawn Curry) -- Holi or Eid al-Fitr: Nasi Mlinyak (Malaysian Golden Rice) -- Diwali or Eid al-Fitr: Kheema (Spicy Okra) -- All holidays: Sevian (Rice Pudding Vermicelli Dessert) -- Mongolia -- Nadaam: Gambir (Baked Dough Dessert) -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Hta-Ma-Ne (Harvest Festival): Toasted Rice and Fish Soup.

Thingyan (Water Festival): Curried Vegetables -- Pakistan -- Ramadan: Yakhni (Pakistani Broth) -- All holidays: Pilau (Saffron-Scented Chicken Pilaf) -- Ramadan: Shahi Tukra (Pakistani Sweet Bread) -- Philippines -- All holidays: Salabat (Ginger Tea) -- Day of Valor: Papaya Fruit Salad -- Christmas: Lumpiang Uboi (Filipino Spring Rolls) -- Brown Sauce -- Christmas: Kari-Kari (Oxtail Stew) -- All holidays: Bibingka (Coconut Rice) -- Sri Lanka -- All holidays: Rotis (Sri Lankan Coconut Flat Bread) -- Ramadan or Easter: Malu Hodhi (Fish Curry) -- Sinhalese New Year: Kiribath (Sinhalese Milk Rice) -- Eid al-Fitr: Gingered Bananas -- Thailand -- Songkran: Yam Krachup (Water Chestnut Salad) -- All holidays: Foi T'on Rum (Golden Threads around Meat Bundles) -- Peanut Sauce -- Buddhist New Year: Ka Nom Jeen Sour Name (Pineapple Fish with Rice Noodles) -- Songkran: Kai Yang (Thai Grilled Chicken) -- Loi Krathong (Festival of Lights): Sangkaya (Thai Custard) -- Vietnam -- All holidays: Bò Bóp Thâú (Cold Beef Medley) -- Tet Nguyen Da: Goi Salad -- Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce) -- THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- Australia and New Zealand -- Journey of Healing Day: Macadamia Nut Cookies -- Christmas: Pineapple and Cabbage Salad -- Christmas: Quick Bickies (Quick Cookies) -- Christmas: Toheroa Soup (Clam Chowder Soup) -- Christmas: Canterbury Lamb with Honey -- Christmas: Apricot and Ginger Glazed Salmon -- Anzac Day: Anzac Biscuits (Cookies) -- All holidays: Upside Down Cake -- Christmas: Plum Pudding Ice Cream Cake -- Fiji -- Diwali: Kokda (Marinated Fish with Coconut Cream) -- All holidays: Fresh Coconut, Grated -- All holidays: Homemade Coconut Cream (NOT Coconut Milk) -- All holidays: Coconut Milk -- Papua New Guinea -- Christmas: Chicken and Greens in Coconut Milk -- 3. THE CARIBBEAN -- Bahamas -- Carnival: Souse Pollo (Bahamian Chicken Stew).

Easter: Bahamas Fish Pie.