Bison Burger with Onions and Mushrooms on Fried Flatbread Courtesy CIA World Factbook For most of us, Mongolia brings to mind nomadic tribes and of course, the great TEMÜÜJIN – (Genghis Khan). Mongolia’s know history goes back to the 4th century BC, even the name Mongol dates back to at least the 11th century BC. Genghis Khan became the ruler of all Mongols in the early 1200s. His rule began the age of conquest for Mongols – at the height of the empire, Genghis’s relatives reigned over Eastern Europe, the Middle East and China. The empire fell apart in the 14th century and in the 17th century ..read more

Lamb Burger with Caramelized Onions, Herbed Mayonnaise, and Goat Cheese on Herbed Fougasse Courtesy CIA World Factbook Next stop is the Principality of Monaco. This tiny country is the smallest in the UN. The total area of Monaco is 2 km2 – that’s .77 miles2 – to give you a sense of how small that is, the Vegas strip is 4.2 miles2, so you could fit approximately 5.5 Monacos on the Vegas strip. Fortunately for the 31, 597 Monegasque people, this tiny piece of land is located at the southern end of France on the Mediterranean Sea. Location, location, location! If I had a choice of places to be b ..read more

Burger with Roasted Tomato Salsa, Avocado, Mexican Crema, and Huitlacoche Full disclosure, I’m a huge fan of Mexican food. I love it all, from the uber authentic food you can get in some neighborhoods in large cities in America, to the home-made menudo that an ex-boyfriend’s mom made for us, and even including all of the pseudo Mexican food we have in the US – yes, “Yo quiero Taco Bell!” So I was very excited to find our next stop on this alphabetical journey around the world is Mexico. Courtesy CIA World Factbook The history of Mexican food is the history of the people who have lived and rule ..read more

Swordfish & Red Pepper Burger on Dholl Flat Bread with Vindaye Curry Leaving the desert behind, we travel southeast to the island country of Mauritius. Just east of Madagascar, Mauritius is home to 1.3 million people on an island smaller than Luxembourg and just twice the size of Hong Kong. It is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Courtesy of CIA World Facebook There are no indigenous people of Mauritius, it was uninhabited when it was settled by the Dutch in 1630 with the goal of harvesting ebony, and keeping the French and British from settling the island. The Dutc ..read more

Stuffed Chicken Burger with Spicy Tomato & Okra Courtesy of CIA World Facebook For anyone new to the site, my mission is to create an original burger recipe inspired by the flavors of each country in the United Nations (193 countries!). Our journey is alphabetical and next stop is Mauritania. Mauritania is on the Northwest coast of Africa. Most of the country is Saharan desert plains. It was originally settled by the Berber & Bafour people. They were the first nomadic people to convert to an agricultural lifestyle. Today most of the Mauritanian population live near the coastal capital ..read more

Sweet and Smokey Chicken Burger on Coconut Rice It’s February so it must be time for some island dreaming! As if February we’re reason enough for some escapism, we had a lovely visit with the flu this month – if it isn’t one thing it’s another! Some how we still managed to fit in a burger – and our tummies were very please with the effort. Our journey now takes us to the Marshall Islands. Located about midway between Hawaii and Australia, it isn’t the edge of the world, but you can see it from there Courtesy of CIA World Factbook The Marshall Islands is comprised of 29 atolls and 5 islands ..read more

Malta Buger – Bragioli Beef Burger with Tomato Sauce and Sheep’s Milk Cheese And now, we’re off to Malta. Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy and South of Sicily. It’s another one of those countries that makes me long for vacation time and loads of extra cash. Only the three largest islands are inhabited and there are less than 450k people living full time in Malta. It’s, of course, a tourist destination, but also a financial center and global freight transshipment point. By Juliana da Costa José – (selbst fotografiert), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia ..read more

Hello readers (assuming there are any of you left). I wanted to apologize for my long absences. My family has been going through so much the last five years, that it’s been hard to find creative energy. I have promised myself to get back to the kitchen and the keyboard and breathe some life back into this project. (I hope I can keep the promise this time) For those who are wondering what derailed me so much (I can’t remember how much I’ve written about, so I’ll touch on everything), here’s the gist. Our oldest daughter has severe autism and is completely non-verbal and 6-7 years ago we found o ..read more

Lamb burger with burger on Maasa with Tomato Peanut Sauce So happy to be back to writing! Thanks to Josh at HostDrive for fixing my website, I wish I had called sooner, you rock! And now we can get back to the business at hand. Today, we return to Africa, the M’s are certainly a roller coaster – geographically speaking.  Mali sounds to me like it should be an island country, but turns out it’s not even close, it’s landlocked. Which makes more sense when I read that Mali is the former Sudanese Republic. I can’t believe how out of date my country name recognition is. courtesy of CIA World ..read more