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Greece

Spanakopita

Σπανακόπιτα

Greek spinach pie: flaky phyllo filled with spinach, feta, and herbs, baked golden. A bakery and home classic, eaten on the go or as a meze, a national staple, savory and flaky.

Greece

Spanakorizo

Σπανακόρυζο

Greek spinach and rice dish with olive oil, lemon, and dill, a vegetarian classic. A comforting, herby, light dish, served with feta and lemon, a Lenten and home staple.

Denmark

Spandauer

A Danish round pastry filled with custard or fruit jam, topped with icing, a wienerbrød favorite

Spain

Spanish Croquettes

Croquetas

Generic but essential Spanish croquette; croquetas-de-jamon becomes a variant.

Spain

Spanish Custard

Natillas

A light, silky Spanish custard made with milk, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla, sprinkled with cinnamon and often topped with a Maria cookie.

Gibraltar, Andorra

Spanish French Toast

Gibraltar Torrijas

Spain's version of French toast: stale bread soaked in milk or wine with cinnamon and lemon, then fried and sweetened with honey or sugar, a Holy Week tradition.

Spain

Spanish Fried Breadcrumbs

Migas

Migas are Spanish shepherds' fried bread crumbs cooked with garlic and olive oil, often enriched with chorizo or other regional additions.

Spain

Spanish Hot Chocolate

Chocolate a la taza

A thick, creamy hot chocolate made with dark chocolate or cocoa, milk, sugar, and cornstarch, traditionally served with churros for dipping.

Spain

Spanish Lard Shortbread

Mantecados

Crumbly lard Christmas cookies, closely related to polvorones.

Spain

Spanish Milhojas

Milhojas

Layered puff-pastry cake with cream or dulce de leche, a bakery classic across Spain.

Spain

Spanish Potato Omelette

Tortilla de patatas

Spain's national dish: a thick omelette of potatoes slowly cooked in olive oil with eggs, optionally with onion, served warm or at room temperature.

Spain

Spanish Salt Cod Fritters

Buñuelos de bacalao

Buñuelos de bacalao are light salt-cod fritters with a crisp shell and a soft, savoury centre.

Spain

Spanish Vermouth

Vermut

An aromatized fortified wine served as an aperitif with tapas, traditionally on tap (vermut de grifo), served with an olive and orange slice.

Germany

Spargel

Spargel refers to German white asparagus, blanched or steamed and served with butter, hollandaise or ham during spring harvest.

Belarus

Spartak Chocolate

Спартак

Homel's chocolate factory, in production since 1924, best known for its dark bars and for the wafer sweets sold loose by weight everywhere in the country.

Armenia

Spas

Սպաս

Matsun thinned with broth and thickened with wheat groats, then finished with a great deal of chopped mint and coriander — served hot or cold.

Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Speck Alto Adige

South Tyrol's lightly smoked dry-cured ham, seasoned with juniper, bay, and rosemary. A bridge between Italian and Austrian curing traditions.

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Speculaas Cookies

Spekulatius

Spiced cookies pressed in wooden molds, from Westphalia and the Rhineland, traditional at Christmas.

Belgium

Speculoos

Spéculoos / Speculaas

A Belgian spiced biscuit with cinnamon, cloves, and brown sugar, traditionally for St. Nicholas.

Prekmurje, Slovenia

Spehovka

Spehovka is a Prekmurje savoury pastry filled with lard and onion, baked into a flaky roll or slice.

Norway

Spekemat (Cured Meats)

Spekemat

A Norwegian platter of cured and dried meats (fenalår, spekeskinke, salami), served with bread and cheese

Thessaly, Greece

Spetsofai

Σπετσοφάι

Spicy sausage and pepper stew.

Dublin, Ireland

Spice Bag

A Spice Bag combines chips, fried chicken, peppers and onions with chilli seasoning and curry sauce; the late-2000s Templeogue takeaway is its Dublin origin story.

Netherlands

Spice Nuts

Kruidnoten

Small round crunchy speculaas-type cookies heavily spiced with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, white pepper, cloves, and nutmeg.

Cork, Ireland

Spiced Beef

Cork-cured beef, traditional Christmas dish.

Ethiopia

Spiced Buna

ቅመም ቡና

Ethiopian coffee brewed with warm spices like cardamom, cloves and cinnamon. A festive twist on the traditional buna — fragrant, comforting and irresistible.

Eritrea

Spiced Butter

ንጥር ቅቤ

Ethiopia's sacred spiced clarified butter. Slow-simmered with besobela, koseret, korarima, garlic, ginger and warm spices, then strained until liquid gold. The single ingredient that makes Ethiopian food taste Ethiopian.

Sri Lanka

Spiced Chickpeas

කඩල

Boiled chickpeas tempered with onion, chilli, curry leaf and scraped coconut, sold in paper cones at bus stops and temples.

Netherlands

Spiced Cookies

Speculaas

Crunchy spiced cookies flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardamom, and white pepper, often shaped with figures.

Sri Lanka

Spiced Fried Potatoes

අල බැදුම

Boiled potato cut into wedges and fried with onion, chilli, curry leaf and dried maldive fish until the edges crisp.

Sichuan, China

Spiced Rabbit Head

兔头

Rabbit heads braised in mala spice oil and eaten by hand as a Chengdu bar snack; rabbit is farmed livestock.

Sri Lanka

Spiced Snack Mix

බෝම්බේ මොච්

A fried mix of gram flour noodles, split peas, peanuts and curry leaf, sold by weight in paper bags at bus stands.

Philippines

Spiced Vinegar

Sinamak

A spiced vinegar from the Visayas infused with garlic, ginger, chili, and other aromatics, a dipping sauce staple.

Lebanon

Spicy Baked Fish

سمكة حرة

A whole fish baked and covered in a sauce of tahini, coriander, chilli, walnut and citrus, served warm or cold.

South Korea

Spicy Beef Soup

육개장

A spicy soup with shredded beef brisket, fernbrake (gosari), bean sprouts, and scallions in a rich chili-based broth.

United States

Spicy brown mustard

A coarse, pungent brown mustard with a horseradish-like heat — the deli standard.