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Goiás, Brazil

Galinhada

A chicken and rice pot dish from Goiás and Minas Gerais, simmered with saffron, vegetables, and sometimes peas, garnished with fried potato sticks.

Papua New Guinea

Galip Nut

Canarium almond from the galip tree — a native PNG nut eaten raw, roasted, or incorporated into dishes; one of the staple nuts of the PNG diet, found alongside karuka in local dishes.

Dominican Republic

Galletas de Leche

Dominican milk cookies, small, sweet, and crunchy, served with habichuelas con dulce or coffee. A bakery and colmado staple, simple and sweet.

Castile and León, Spain

Gallina en pepitoria

Gallina en pepitoria is a Castile and León hen dish braised in an almond, egg-yolk, and saffron sauce.

Sonora, Mexico

Gallina pinta

A Sonoran stew of hominy, beef, and pork with beans, 'spotted' with color.

Madrid, Spain

Gallinejas

Gallinejas are lamb intestines and offal fried until crisp, a distinctive Madrid street-food preparation.

Guatemala

Gallo en Chicha

A Guatemalan rooster or chicken stew cooked in fermented corn chicha with spices, a festive and regional classic

Costa Rica

Gallo Pinto

Costa Rica's national dish of rice and black beans fried with onions, peppers, cilantro, and Salsa Lizano, eaten at breakfast.

South Korea

Galmaegisal

갈매기살

Galmaegisal is Korean pork skirt meat, a lean, springy diaphragm cut commonly grilled over charcoal at barbecue restaurants.

Epirus, Greece

Galotyri

Γαλοτύρι

A Greek soft, spreadable PDO cheese from Epirus, made from sheep or goat milk, tangy and creamy. Used in pies, on bread, or as a dip, a regional specialty, a rustic dairy.

Lucknow, India

Galouti Kebab

गलौटी कबाब

A Lucknowi minced meat kebab so tender it needs no chewing. It was created for a toothless Nawab.

Portugal

Galão

A tall glass of espresso and steamed milk, Portugal's answer to a latte.

Western Norway, Norway

Gamalost

A Norwegian traditional blue-green cheese from Vik, made from soured cow's milk, strong and pungent. A regional and Viking-age specialty, a national and ancient cheese, an acquired and adventurous taste, a unique and traditional dairy, a cheese, a delicacy.

The Gambia

Gambian Catfish Stew

Chewi Kong

Catfish simmered with onion, garlic, tomato, carrot, cassava, cabbage, bay leaf, and pepper, served over boiled rice.

The Gambia

Gambian One-Pot Rice

Benachin

Rice cooked in one pot with tomato, onion, chilli, vegetables, and fish, chicken, or beef so every grain absorbs the seasoned sauce.

The Gambia

Gambian Oyster Stew

Oyster Stew

Oysters from the Gambia's creeks simmered with onion, pepper, palm oil, and other seafood into a quick, briny stew.

The Gambia

Gambian Pepper Soup

Pepeh

A hot, clear soup of fish or meat with onion, chilli, garlic, and aromatic spices, served as a light meal or alongside rice.

Mongolia

Gambir

Гамбир

Flat pancake of flour, water and fat cooked in a pan and eaten with sugar, jam or clotted cream.

France

Game Stew

Civet

Stew of game (often rabbit) in wine, thickened with blood.

Hungary

Game Stew

Vadas

Game Stew is a hunter-style game meat (usually venison) in a creamy sauce with root vegetables and sour cream, sweet-sour balance, served with dumplings.

Denmark

Gammel Dansk (Bitters)

Gammel Dansk

A Danish bitters liqueur with herbs and spices, a national and morning staple.

Crete, Greece

Gamopilafo

Γαμοπίλαφο

Cretan wedding rice with rich stock and staka.

Bulgaria

Gamza

Гъмза

Indigenous red wine grape from north-western Bulgaria.

Puerto Rico

Gandinga

Pork liver, heart and kidney diced and stewed with sofrito, potato, olives and capers until the offal loses its edge.

Kyrgyzstan

Ganfan

Ганфан

Dungan dish of rice under a separate stir-fry of meat, wood-ear fungus, peppers and green beans, ladled over at the last moment.

Japan

Ganmodoki

がんもどき

Ganmodoki, the deep-fried tofu fritter studded with vegetables, is a named Japanese item eaten in oden and simmered dishes and sold as itself.

Turkmenistan

Gaplama

A Turkmen pilaf of rice cooked with lamb and carrots.

Sahel (North / Fulani), Burkina Faso

Gappal

A semi-solid paste of fine millet flour with curdled milk or yogurt and sugar; a Peulh (Fulani) traditional drink; consumed in the northern Sahel around Dori and Ouahigouya.

Bali, Indonesia

Garam Amed Bali

A Balinese spice blend and base paste of shallots, garlic, chillies, candlenuts and shrimp paste.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Garash Cake

Гараш

Flourless walnut layers stacked with dark chocolate buttercream and covered in chocolate glaze — invented by a Hungarian pastry chef working in Ruse.

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Garba

Attiéké heaped into paper with cubes of fried tuna, raw onion, tomato, chilli and a squeeze of oil, sold from wooden shacks by Nigerien vendors.

Rochester, United States

Garbage Plate

A Rochester, New York creation: a plate of home fries and macaroni salad under cheeseburgers or hot dogs, smothered in hot sauce, onions, and mustard.

Guatemala

Garbanzos en Miel

A Guatemalan dessert of chickpeas candied in a spiced honey or sugar syrup, sometimes with coconut.

France

Garbure

Hearty Southwest soup with cabbage, beans, and preserved duck or pork.

Ghana

Garden Egg Stew

Small white and green African aubergines boiled, mashed and cooked with palm oil, onion, pepper and smoked fish.

Provence, France

Gardiane de boeuf

Gardiane de bœuf is Camargue beef braised in red wine with olives, herbs, and aromatic vegetables.