Germany

This is a simple German version with slices onions, a quick vinaigrette, and whatever herbs you have on hand.

This Fennel Soup with Bacon is beautifully creamy both from the fennel and potato mixture being blended and the addition of a nice hit of cream at the very end of cooking. Perfect on a chilly day.

There is quite a list of ingredients for this deceptively simple-looking dish, but they all blend together into a complex and savory dish that pairs beautifully with creamy chicken and tangy green beans to make a stunning traditional and contemporary German meal.

With an overnight marinade in the fridge imbuing the green beans with deep flavor, and a kicky dressing featuring shallots, thyme, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar it is the perfect side to a rich main dish.

This recipe for Chicken with mushrooms in a delectable cognac-cream sauce is rich and sumptuous. Lovely with a bright side salad of marinated green beans and classic German braised red cabbage with apples.

This is a lovely warm potato salad with a little extra flavor thrown in with fresh dill and caraway seeds that give this potato dish a wonderfully bright and savory flavor.

Bacon, vinegar, and mustard give this vegetable side dish a nice little punch. If you are looking to make it vegetarian, the dressing is great even without the bacon, just start by cooking the onion and continue on.

Have you seen a more beautiful pork chop? I have discovered the secret to great pork chops (and great steaks) is time. And a sous vide. Mostly the sous vide, the time is just how the sous vide works its magic.

Complex, yet versatile, a fantastic foil to the hearty richness of german brats and potato salad.

Bacony, tangy from mustard and vinegar, deliciously warm melt in your mouth potatoes.

Thinking about Germany always makes me immediately crave brats. I know there is more to their cuisine than that, but who am I to deny a craving?

When it comes to sausage, Germany is pretty serious. There is a Wikipedia page with 42 entries of different German Sausages each with their own page. Well done Germany, well done.