Subj : Home cooking and international cuisine
To   : All
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jun 10 2026 02:42 pm

If you've traveled to other countries, are there any meals you've had in other countries that you've cooked at home?

My wife & I visited Europe this past October, and one of the cities we visited was Paris.  We had a lunch there one day at a restaurant (Le Petit Chatelet, near Notre Dame Cathedral), and we both had what was listed on their menu as veal stew, and we both really enjoyed it.  I looked it up after we got home, and it seemed it's actually called Veal Marengo.  I've made it a couple times at home now, and I think it will definitely be on the rotation for meals we make at home, as it's fairly tasty.

The sauce is basically made up of tomato (peeled, seeded, & sliced - preferably San Marzano tomatoes - and you could possibly add tomato sauce too), minced garlic, veal/beef stock, shallots, and white wine, and simmered with a strip of orange peel to give it some of that flavor.  There are many recipes online, some which call for mushrooms & carrots, and others that don't.


Also, years ago, I visited Brazil a few times.  They have their own take on a lot of recipes.  One dish from Brazil that I really like is chicken stroganoff. They also have a type of balled cheese bread that's commonly found in a lot of restaurants & cafes in Brazil, which is fairly tasty.  In the US, there's a company called Brazi Bites that makes & sells frozen Brazilian cheese bread that can be baked in the oven, and it's pretty much the authentic stuff (the company was founded by someone from Brazil).

Nightfox
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