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Here you will find a large range of recipes which do not fit into the 'ancient' theme of the remainder of the recipes on this site. In essence these recipes represent a sampling of the several thousand recipes that I've gathered, adapted and personally cooked over the years. Many of these recipes originate with University friends who helped engender my interest in world cuisine. Others come from exchanging recipes on the internet or going through recipe books to search for things that work (and things that don't) and are the results of my own experiments and modifications on these recipes. Yet others are things that I've tried and which turned out so well that I decided to write them up.
I have a passion for food and cookery that is (hopefully) bolstered by a formal scientific training that lets me know what's happening when food cooks. This is one reason why Roman cookery with it's balancing of salt, sweet, sour, bitter and umami flavours is so fascinating (the same balancing is also present in Thai cuisine) and I want to bring this approach to the balancing of flavours to traditional Western and to fusion foods.
As well as the list of recipes presented below you can also fetch Modern and Traditional Drinks recipes by meal type via these links:
| Starters | Fish Courses | Meat Courses |
| Vegetarian | Accompaniments to Main Courses | Desserts |
| Breads, Cakes and Pastries | Sauces and Jams | Snacks |
| Drinks | Spice Blends |
Alphabetical list of Starters recipes follow (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 174 recipes in total:
| 'No-sweat' Tea Origin: British | Café de Olla II Origin: Mexico | Ginger Tea for Colds Origin: British |
| 'West Indian' Mulled Wine Origin: Fusion | Cafe de Olla Origin: Mexico | Ginkgo Tea Origin: Fusion |
| African Hot Punch Origin: African Fusion | Cassibowle Origin: Germany | Glüehwein Origin: Germany |
| Amar-el-Deen (Apricot Leather Drink) Origin: Egypt | Chai Origin: East Africa | Greek Coffee Frappé Origin: Greece |
| Angelica Liqueur Origin: British | Chai Po-russki (Russian Tea) Origin: Russia | Guava Juice Origin: Bahamas |
| Apple and Carrot Quencher (Apple and Carrot Quencher) Origin: American | Champagne Punch Origin: British | Hawthorn Blossom Brandy (Hawthorn Blossom Brandy) Origin: British |
| Apple Pie Smoothie (Apple Pie Smoothie) Origin: American | Chilled Cranberry Ginseng Tea Origin: American | Home-made Hot Chocolate Origin: British |
| Apples and Cream Smoothie (Apples and Cream Smoothie) Origin: American | Chilli Chocolate Drink Origin: Fusion | Horehound Bitters Origin: British |
| Apricot Apple Smoothie (Apricot Apple Smoothie) Origin: American | Christmas Glogg Origin: Sweden | Hot Caramel Apple Drink Origin: American |
| Arctic Forest Smoothie Origin: American | Cider Cup Origin: British | Iced Ginseng Spice Tea Origin: American |
| Avoado Avalanche Smoothie Origin: American | Coffee Egg Nog Origin: British | Iced Rosehip and Blackcurrant Tea Origin: British |
| Avoado Banana Berry Smoothie Origin: American | Cold and Flu Tea Origin: British | Imbila (Sour Porridge) Origin: Southern Africa |
| Avoado Banana Raspberry Smoothie Origin: American | Crabapple Schnapps ( Crabapple Schnapps) Origin: British | Irish Cream Origin: Liberia |
| Ayran (Turkish Buttermilk) Origin: Turkey | Cranberry-flavoured Snapple Iced Tea Origin: American | Jus de Bissap Origin: Senegal |
| Bahamanian Ginger Beer Origin: Bahamas | Damson Gin Origin: Britain | Jus de Fruit Origin: Chad |
| Banana Blueberry Smoothie Origin: American | Dandelion Coffee Origin: British | Kalte Ente (Cold Duck) Origin: Germany |
| Banana Lassi Origin: India | Diet Lemon-flavoured Snapple Iced Tea Origin: American | Karkanji Origin: Chad |
| Basic Ginseng Tea Origin: Singapore | Eggnog Origin: British | Kazakh Chai (Kazakh Tea) Origin: Kazakhstan |
| Beech Leaf Noyau Origin: British | Elderberry Cordial Origin: British | Kvass Origin: Belarus |
| Bissap Gin Origin: African Fusion | Elderberry Syrup Origin: British | Lassi Origin: India |
| Blackberry Cordial Origin: British | Elderflower and Sea-buckthorn Berry Cordial Origin: British | Le Demitasse Dakar Origin: Senegal |
| Blackberry Frappé Origin: British | Elderflower Cordial Origin: British | Lemoande Concentrate Origin: American |
| Blackberry Leaf Tea Origin: British | Emerald Isle Cooler Origin: Ireland | Lemon Kvas Origin: Russia |
| Blackberry Schnapps Origin: British | Erdbeer Bowle (Strawberry Wine Punch) Origin: Germany | Lemon Verbena Lemoande Origin: British |
| Blackcurrant Frappé Origin: British | Espresso Frappé Origin: British | Lemon-flavoured Snapple Iced Tea Origin: American |
| Blackcurrant Syrup Origin: British | Ethiopian Punch Origin: Ethiopia | Lemongrass Ginseng Tea Origin: Singapore |
| Bladderwrack Tea Origin: Canada | Feuerzangenbowle (Christmas Flaming Mulled Wine) Origin: Germany | Lemongrass Tea Origin: Mali |
| Bombaylinis Origin: India | Fresh Pennywort Drink Origin: British | Lemongrass Tea Origin: Liberia |
| Bouye Drink (Baobab Fruit Drink) Origin: Senegal | Fruit Smoothie with Ginseng Origin: American | Liberian Ginger and Pineapple Drink Origin: Liberia |
| Bramble Syrup Origin: British | Gül Şurubu (Rose Syrup) Origin: Turkey | Liberian Ginger Beer Origin: Liberia |
| Bullshot Origin: British | Gin Sling Origin: Britain | Liberian Ginger Drink Origin: Liberia |
| Burakovyi Kvas (Fermented Beet Juice) Origin: Russia | Ginger Ale Origin: South Africa | Limonata (Lemoande) Origin: Turkey |
| Buttermilk with Sea-buckthorn and Carrot Juice Origin: Russia | Ginger and Lime Tea Origin: British | |
| Café Brulot Origin: British | Ginger Beer Origin: West Africa |
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