Everyday food
What people cook and eat on an ordinary day.
LahmacunMeat
🇸🇾 Syria and 3 moreThin flatbread baked with a topping of minced meat, vegetables and herbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KalakukkoMeat
🇫🇮 FinlandSavonian rye bread loaf filled with fish and pork
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
tarte flambéeMeatFlammekueche
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreAlsatian flatbread topped with cream, onions and bacon, baked in a wood-fired oven
Main dish
ChakhchoukhaMeatشخشوخة
🇩🇿 AlgeriaAlgerian flatbread pieces in a spiced tomato and meat stew
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CemitaMeat
🇲🇽 MexicoA sesame-topped sandwich roll from Puebla, Mexico, filled with meat, cheese and herbs
Sandwich or wrap
BeytiMeat
🇹🇷 TurkeyGrilled lamb or beef wrapped in flatbread, topped with tomato sauce and yogurt
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- tarte flambée: Missvain, CC BY 4.0, source
- Chakhchoukha: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cemita: Wotancito, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kalakukko: Rst2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lahmacun: No machine-readable author provided. Rainer Zenz assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beyti: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source