How to Eat Your Way Around the World ... Without Leaving the Big Apple
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New York City isn't just a global hub for finance and culture—it's also a culinary passport to every country on Earth. Andy Doro and his wife Jennifer Baranoff have spent over a decade on a mission to eat food from all 195 recognized nations, all without leaving the five boroughs. From Bukharan cuisine in Rego Park to Guyanese dishes in Richmond Hills, they’ve documented 163 nations so far, turning their kitchen table into a global embassy. Their journey isn’t just about taste—it’s about humanizing cultures often reduced to headlines, especially in times of conflict. At Tripoli, a family-run Lebanese restaurant in Brooklyn, they experienced the warmth of a culture under siege, where food becomes a quiet act of peace. This story reframes diversity not as a statistic, but as a lived, shared experience—one meal at a time.
Eat food from 163 of the world’s 195 countries without leaving New York City by exploring neighborhood ethnic restaurants.
Food can serve as a cultural consulate—inviting connection and understanding, especially during times of global conflict.
Lebanese restaurants like Tripoli in Brooklyn are preserving heritage through hospitality, treating guests like family.
Cultural exploration through food helps humanize nations often misrepresented in the news.
Diversity in NYC isn’t just about language or appearance—it’s about access to authentic, community-run cuisine.
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“We are really like, you know, peace loving people concentrating about making things happen to the good other people.”
“I've eaten at restaurants representing 163 unique countries. And documenting each one online.”
“Food, as Doro describes it, becomes sort of a consulate, inviting people into a culture.”
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