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Cuisine wheel
Thirty cuisines from every continent where people cook. Spin for a theme night, then find one dish from that country or region to make or order.
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One entry per line. Add *3 after a name to give it three times the chance.
Winners show up here, newest first.
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Ready-made list. Edit it to make it yours: changes stay on this device, and Reset brings the original back.Open in the main spinner →
The around-the-world challenge
- Open Options and switch on Remove the winner after each spin, so no cuisine repeats.
- Spin once a week. That cuisine is the plan for one dinner that week, cooked or ordered.
- Pick one dish nobody in the house has eaten before. Look it up together if the kids are old enough.
- Keep the Results tab open or write the list down. At 30 cuisines, it takes about seven months to get round them all.
A first dish for the less familiar ones
If the wheel lands somewhere new to you, start with a well-known dish that is easy to find or make:
- Ethiopian: injera with a lentil stew (misir wot).
- Peruvian: lomo saltado, a beef and potato stir-fry.
- Filipino: chicken adobo, braised in vinegar, soy sauce and garlic.
- Georgian: khachapuri, a cheese-filled bread.
- Indonesian and Malaysian: nasi goreng (fried rice) and nasi lemak (coconut rice).
- Nigerian: jollof rice, cooked in a spiced tomato sauce.
Make it yours
Thirty is a starting point, not the whole world. Split a big cuisine into regions (Sichuan, Cantonese; Punjabi, South Indian) or add the ones your town is good at. Delete any you cannot get near you if the wheel is for eating out, then use the restaurant picker wheel for the exact place.
Questions and answers
How do I use it to choose a restaurant?
Spin here for the cuisine, then search for that cuisine near you. If you already have a list of favorite places, put them on a second wheel and spin that instead.
Can kids join in?
Yes, and it is a good way in for geography. Spin, find the country on a map, then cook one simple dish together. The country wheel works the same way if you want to start from the map instead.
Why is American BBQ separate from Tex-Mex and Cajun?
Because they are very different ways of cooking: slow-smoked meats, Texan takes on Mexican food, and Louisiana dishes like gumbo and jambalaya. Merge or split them however suits you.