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Shiv: What’s up guys? Welcome to the FIFTH episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we're going to be talking about the amazing, unique, and diverse foods that you can find in Dubai, and where they can be found, as well as the experiences too! Let's get started!

Cece: There is a main difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are both on the coast of the UAE or United Air Emirates. Let's get into some of the differences between the two places. Start us off Annie!

Annie: Thanks Cece! Dubai is more fast paced and modern structured. It is more focused on shopping, entertainment, and still busy and exciting at night. There is a main spot in Dubai that is designed for shopping and entertainment. This area is by the Burj Kalifia, which is famous for being the tallest freestanding building in the world. You can go inside of it and there is an elevator that takes you to the top. From there you can go to a viewing deck at the top and look over the city. This tall tower took a duration of 6 years to complete.

Abu Dhabi on the other hand is more traditional and quieter with less tourists, but people still go through to look around. People tend to call it more religious. The key feature of Abu Dhabi is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, which is a key religious place in Abu Dhabi. It is created with white, marble material and has many columns. It is beautiful and I highly recommend going there and viewing it. There is also a Louvre, like the one in Paris in Abu Dhabi, which is a museum. The Jumeirah Burj Al Arab is a giant, sail shaped hotel on its own island. It is quite expensive, but definitely a fantastic investment. Abu Dhabi is a more culturally based place and offers a more traditional culture and visit. I highly recommend visiting one of these, if not both of these places.

Annie: Now, stay tuned to hear about some popular foods, because you will not want to miss this.

Segment 2: Popular foods and Sweets/Snacks

Annie: And we are back! There are many delicious foods, sweets, and snacks in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Many authentic to the county, and even some that you might already know of! Like McDonalds! Which is very clean and very good by the way. Some popular flavors in Dubai are cinnamon and cardamom. The flavors in Abu Dhabi are saffron, cardamom, turmeric, and thyme. Now Shiv, bring us more into these cuisines.

Shiv: Thank you Annie, When most people think of Dubai you think of Dubai chocolate, but there are many other foods too! So let's get into it!

In Dubai some popular foods are

1. Khuzi - Roast lamb served with rice, nuts,and raisins - is often considered the national dish of United Air Emirates.
2. Machboos - Spiced rice with meat
3. Harees - Meat stew with vegetables over pieces on Emirati bread
4. Jasheed - Minced shark and seasonings

Lots of street food too like

1. Shawarma - meat put into a flatbread with other fillings
2. Falafel - Deep fried balls made with ground chickpeas.
3. Sambusa - popular savory pastry, made with meat or vegetables

Some popular breads and breakfasts are

1. Chebab - Emiati pancakes...

Shiv: What’s up guys? Welcome to the SEVENTH episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie :), Cece :), and Shiv :). DREAM GUEST…NOAAAAA In this episode, we're going to be talking about the amazing, unique, and fascinating foods that you can find in FRANCE, and where they can be found. Let's get started!

*Noa include anything you want in between lines! Just give us a little wave or hand and we'll stop talking, and let you include whatever you want! :)) *

Shiv: France is a very large, and touristic country. It can go from Le Cannes, which is near the coastal region of France, to your favourite, PaRiSSSSsss (say in French Accent)! Stretching from these vast regions of land, there are millions of diverse cultures, traditions, beautiful language, things to do, and you guessed it, FOOD!!

Annie: Let's start with Le Cannes. It is a super-DUPER-TROUPER touristic and amazing part of France. It is located near The Bay of Cannes, and it is where many French citizens and tourists from all over the world go to see the beautiful French sea. It is found in the Southern, very tip of France, at the very end. It is very close to Monaco, which is its own little country, located in France.

Short Story break: Cece: I want to live there so bad!! I love Monaco. I’ve never been, but I hear it is such a beautiful, and extraordinary place. I would really want to visit Monte Carlo, which is a very famous, fancy, and unique port-like city in Monaco, where all the celebrities are-F1 drivers, soccer players, singers, and more….It’s basically like the Hollywood or Las Vegas of Europe! Anyways-it sure is next on my list of things to do! But Alas, let’s get back into France!!

--------Shiv and Annie add in thoughts if they would like

Annie: Haha, thanks for sharing Cece. As I was saying, Le Cannes is also near an island called, Iles De Lerin, located just underneath Le Cannes, as well as Le Cannes is near Antibes, and Cap D’Antibes, a resort town, known for its vintage-ness and luxury! But what else makes Le Cannes so special? Well, Its INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, OF COURSEE!!!!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

In 2026, it will be Le Cannes: 79th edition of the international film festival! WOO!!!!! It is known as a market for those professionals in the film-industry, and it showcases many different movie genres, such as blockbusters and movies in general! Many of these movies are international, and can even be from here, in New Jersey!

----Shiv and Cece maybe add in some thoughts

Annie: Paris is the capital of France, and home of the all-famous Eiffel Tower! Paris gets over a million tourists each year, and houses some of the best experiences as well as foods, that we shall most definitely talk about! Paris is a very large city, located in the center of France, near Versailles, andddd DISNEYLAND PARIS….

Cece: WHATTTT!!! DISNEY???

Shiv: NOOOOO!!! I WANNA GOOOO!!!

Annie: Yup! You heard that right, DISNEY IN PARIS!!-Could it get any better?????

Cece: Wait!!! Story time!!!

I remember now! Well, I used to live in France, a little outside Paris, in a place called Croazi. But keep in mind, this was like when I was two or three hahaha! As I was looking through photos from when I was little, I saw pictures of me when I was in Disneyland, and turns out, it was in PARIS! Quite the deja vu, am I right??

Segment 2: Popular foods and Sweets/Snacks

Annie: France has a very large variety of really delicious foods. Many of these dishes have a very high end and luxurious taste that embodies the beauty of France, and today, we are going to tell you about some of the most popular dishes, snacks, and sweets in France, and also some of our favorites. Now Cece is going to take it away!

Cece: Some super popular dishes in France are :...

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Annie: What’s up guys? Welcome to the SIXTH episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we're going to be pondering about the best foods to try in Portugal, where they can be found, and experiences as well! Let's get started!

Annie: There are many delicious restaurants in Portugal.

Cece: Story Time:

When I arrived at the Lisbon airport at 4 am in the morning, from Italy, it was super lively, and crowded. The restaurants there were SOO GOOD! I mean, even in an airport, they were just excellent. The stores were amazing, and I just really enjoyed my time there, even if it was just at an airport.

Cece: There is a restaurant called The Belcanto, which is in Lisbon.

So far, it opens at 12:30-3pm, 7pm-10 pm, Tuesday through Saturday, and then it closes Sunday and Monday.

Majorly, the price per person is 50 euros, which would be around 60 dollars.

There are reservations required, they have vegetarian options, and serve great cocktails

They have a lot of fish for their main dishes, such as sea bass, grilled hake or cod, and seafood rice.

They also have nice desserts, such as apple and rhubarb pie, chocolate and caramel desserts, sweet eggs and citrus, mandarin.

Shiv annie and cece talk about the desserts for a minute

Cece: GARRETT!!!!!!

It is a bar in Estoril, Portugal. It has all sorts of smoothies, sweets, pastries, and drinks.

Also I have lived in Portugal, when I was two years old we moved there from Italy. I do not remember it that well, but when we went to Lisbon a couple years ago we went back to see our old

Segment 2: Popular foods and Sweets/Snacks

Annie they are so many good and amazing popular foods and sweets,,,,

Shiv: There are many foods in Portugal. Everything in Portugal is so aromatic and flavorful so here are

Some popular savory dishes we heard of or liked

1. Bacalhau: Cece add details, annie and shiv add on
2. - Salted cod which is considered the national food.
3. Grilled Sardines- fresh sardines that are grilled and often served with bread, usually during summer festivals
4. Francesinha: a decadent sandwich from Porto that has layers of meat, cheese, and a special spicy sauce
5. Bifana: a simple sandwich of marinated pork cutlets in a roll, which is also very popular
6. And arroz de marisco: a flavorful rice dish simmered with a variety of seafood
7. But, not to be confused with Caril de Gambas-Cece add details, Shiv and Annie add on which is a shrimp curry on top of rice-very, very good, my mom makes it all the time, and it is super spicy.

Besides all these tasty, savory dishes, Portugal also has a variety of yummy snacks and sweets

Some of those delicious sweets would be

1. Pastel de Nata,: Cece add details, shiv and annie add on
2. a famous egg custard tart with a flaky crust.
3. Arroz Doce, which is a sweet rice pudding made with rice, milk, sugar, and cinnamon, often decorated with cinnamon patterns.

Introduction:

Annie: What’s up guys? Welcome back to our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we will be exploring the variety of popular foods and sweets from Italian cultures, as well as the differences between the Northern and Southern parts of Italy. Now we'll hand this off to Cece.

Cece: Thank you Annie! Being Italian, born in Rome, I can tell you that Italy is a place not-to-be missed. Italy is a bright, unique, and amazing place, with many different cultures, and traditions, making it special, and different from other parts of the world. In this segment, we will be talking about the Northern parts of Italy, versus the Southern parts of Italy, and what makes them similar and different. Now, we will hand this off to Shiv:

1. Shiv: In Northern Italy, the foods vary more from pasta, meats and fish, as well as more heavy, and filling dishes, due to the cold climate.
2. They use a lot of butter, cream, and cheese. Fun fact, “cheese” in Italian is called “Formaggio”.
3. They also use a lot of grains, such as rice and corn. These ingredients help with forming “Polenta”, a potato and grain dish with red sauce toppings, very good, and “Risotto”, a bowl of rice with any choice of fillings.
4. Lots of herbs are used as well, going from rosemary to basil, and thyme as well.
5. They are used to add more flavor to the dishes, and make them more aromatic and fragrant.
6. Northern places in Italy can include the mountainside, “Alpi” or “Dolomite”, which are very important and touristic mountain ranges in Italy. Some mountain ranges and Northern places in Italy also are very close to Austria, making the people there bilingual and cross-cultural, due to how they are both Austrian and Italian. Meran and Tyrol, are one of these places
7. Cece’s been to Meran, and personally, it is one of her favorite places to visit when going to the Northern part of Italy.
8. It is part Austrian and Italian, so you see people that speak Austrian and Italian as well as English.
9. It consists of certain meats called “Wiener Scnitzel”, which is a breaded, as well as fried, veal cutlets, which is meat from younger calves of cows. It is very good, and perfect for a winter-weather meal.
10. There is also a pasta meal called “Spaetzle”, which is a type of pasta with shorter, and smaller pieces of pasta dough making it up, and it goes very well with plain and sausages, spinach filled spaetzle with small pieces of bacon or ham, and also with plain spaetzle with small pieces of fresh caught salmon. Spaetzle are known for going with plain ingredients, and would not go very well with red sauce. Spaetzle are Cece’s favorite pasta meals when going to the Northern parts of Italy.
11. In the Northern areas there are more focuses on meats, such as cows, calves, lamb, rabbit, pig, and sheep.
12. When going to Italy, and when it comes to having a nice filling meal on a cold day, you should definitely take a trip to Northern Italy, and visit Meran or Tyrol....

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Show Name: Food Away from Home (World Tour)

Episode Title: Jammin in Japan

Cece: What’s up guys? Welcome to the fourth episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we're going to be talking about the different foods that you can find in Japan, and where they can be found. Let's get started!

Shiv: Japan is a large country-island-that is located in the South Pacific Ocean. It has many geographic locations that vary from cities, countrysides, and mountains, such as Mount Fuji. In these widespread and vast areas, there are many different cultures and traditions, as well as amazing foods, that need to be tried out.

Annie: We can start with Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Tokyo is a very populated and touristic city, with many different experiences and places to visit-but lets get into the food!

Annie: In Tokyo, the foods include many.

-Sushi, which is a ball of rice underneath a piece of freshly picked, raw fish, such as salmon, and tuna.

-Sashimi, which is just pieces of freshly picked, raw fish.

-Maki, which is your classic rice roll with seaweed to contain the rice and a piece of raw fish on top.

Cece-I have been to Japan, and I found it such as amazing, and cultural place. There were so many things that were unique, and different from the U.S, and it had very beautiful scenery. I spent about a week in Tokyo, and can tell you that the foods are so good, and need to be tried!

Cece-What I especially liked about the foods were the Shabu Shabu japanese dishes.

- Shabu Shabu are restaurants where there are hot pot dishes and you can cook your own thinly cut meat, tofu, as well as vegetables, inside of this “broth” like soup.

• “Shabu Shabu” is a literary term for “swish”, because of the swishing sound that the meat makes when it is cooked. They usually use Wagyu beef, which is very prestigious and important to the Japanese culture.
• I found these so interesting and diverse, and I loved the taste of the finishing product!

Shiv: Another popular and interesting food in Tokyo is ramen. Ramen is a bowl of broth, or soup, with noodles, either crispy or rice noodles, in the broth, with vegetables, tofu, and oteh==her ingredients for a perfect finishing product!

Cece: When I went to Tokyo, I visited this one restaurant, where you could choose the ingredients you wanted in your ramen, simply buy taking a grocery basket, and "shopping around” for fresh ingredients around the store. Then, you would pay for the ingredients, and give them to the chefs, who would make you the ramen using the ingredients you chose. They could also add spice levels, and toppings for you as well. This was so good, and a unique experience!

Shiv says what her favorite is - Annie and Cece build off of that

Cece: Now, take it away Annie

Segment 2: Popular foods and Sweets/Snacks

Annie: There are many delicious foods in Japan. Many that you might eat! There are many snacks as well. There are different foods in Tokyo and Kyoto, like what we described in India, but they are all still delicious. Shiv will start us off with some of these cuisines.

Shiv: Thanks Annie!

Some of the popular foods in Tokyo Japan are many that you might have heard of!

• Raman - Noodle soups with rich broth and toppings. Great for anytime of the year.
• Sushi - Rolls of rice, veggies, and fish/meat and dipped in soy sauce, wasabi, and/or ginger. There are both meat rolls as well as vegetarian rolls.
• Tempura is deep fried fish or veggies and has a crunchy outer layer.
• Yakitori is skewered grilled chicken
• Tonkatsu is A breaded and deep fried pork cutlet
• Monjayaki...

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Show Name: Food Away From Home (World Tour)

Episode Title: Into India

Introduction

Shiv: What’s up guys? Welcome back to our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we will be exploring the variety of popular foods and sweets from Indian cultures. Now we'll hand this off to Annie.

Annie: Thanks Shiv! India is a very large and amazing country, where there are so many different cultures and traditions, as well as foods, that can be split into two portions; Northern India, and Southern India, having many differences as well as similarities that are important and impactful to the country. Today, we're going to be talking about the differences between South and North India, and its many unique and cool foods that you can find when you go! And now, we'll have Cece take it away!

Cece talks about -

Thank you Annie

• In Northern India, the cuisine is more heavily based on wheat, dairy, and stronger flavors.
• There are many spices like cumin, coriander, and turmeric.
• The flavor profile of North India is Dairy, ghee, which is like butter, and aromatics, which are ginger, garlic, and onion. These help enhance the flavor base of many dishes.
• In Southern India, there are more fresh aromatics like curry leaves and spicy chili peppers.
• There is a lot more spiciness and heat as well as savory flavors.
• They use many of the same spices as Northern India.

Cece: So, there are truly many fascinating and interesting, as well as really good, Indian sweets that need to be tried when you take your next visit to India. Mithai, or Indian sweets, can include many different and authentic recipes with unique flavors and ingredients in each. Now onto Shiv

Shiv talks about different sweets

Thanks Cece! So,...

• There are many popular sweets in Northern India like gulab jamon,a soft cake- like oval shaped ball drowned in sweet sugar syrup Jalbei, a crispy fried dough with sugar syrup, Kulfi, a dense frozen desert, similar to ice cream, as well as many more delicious cuisines.
• Some popular deserts in Southern India might be Mysore Pak, a rich ghee based desert, paysam, a sweet rice pudding dish, and param purri,a sweet banana that is fried in a flour batter
• There are many delicious deserts in India no matter what part you go to.

Shiv: Some of the most popular foods from India are biryani, curry, and dosa. Indian dishes are made with a variety of spices and ingredients that cause the flavors to explode in your mouth. . And now Annie will finish this off.

Annie talks about popular foods

Thanks Shiv!

• Biryani is a rice based dish that is traditionally made with rice, seafood, meat, or vegetarian, with many different spices. My personal favorite is the meat dish, but they are all very good. It is one of the most popular dishes.
• Curry is a soup-like base, with sauce and many add-ins like meat and vegetables. It is often served with rice or a flatbread or naan for dunking.
• Dosa is a thin savory crepe/pancake that is made from a batter of fermented rice and black lentils.The texture is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. There are many popular add-ins like spiced potato or an onion mixture. Dosa is often served with a black lentil soup and various types of chutneys. Dosa can be either a light snack, breakfast, or main meal.

Ending

Shiv: In the end, India is a very cultural and diverse country with many different delicious food and sweet options, and definitely in our top...

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Episode Title: New York, New York

Introduction

Cece: What’s up guys? Welcome to the first episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we're going to be talking about the different foods that you can find in New York City, and where they can be found.

Shiv: There are many good places to eat in New York City. There are many different cultures, places, and styles of food. New York is what you could call a melting pot of different foods and people. It can be very overwhelming at times, but we are here to help you narrow down your choices and give you some ideas on where we like to eat.

• Cece talks about restaurants:
• Mediterranean: “Il Trapezino”, “Eataly”,
• Il Trapezino is a European-italian-based restaurant, where you can find these triangular shaped bread pieces, with a choice of fillings that are like plain with cheese and pepper, “cacio e pepper”, red sauce, like “polpetta e sugo”, and more, leaving you with a warm tasting dish for your day. It can be found at the lower east side, orchard street.
• Eataly is a restaurant-market-store based food court, where you can find a variety of foods to eat, as well as you can shop for many European-Italian foods. It can be found at Flat Iron, NYC, and Liberty street, and Lafayette street.
• Asian: “Pecking Duck House”
• The Peking Duck House is an Asian style restaurant, where they serve you soups, rice, pad thais, and then crepe-like bread that you can put vegetables like small celery sticks, and onions in, with sliced grilled-glazed duck pieces as well. Then you can fold the bread with the ingredients into a burrito, and add soy sauce for a final finish. It can be found in Chinatown, New York City.

Segment 2: Street food in New York City

Cece: Moving onto our next segment, we will be talking about street food in New York City. A lot of food and popular tourist attractions in New York food wise is street food. You see it in so many movies and shows, people grabbing a hot pretzel on a cold day, or snagging a chili hot dog. There are so many different types of street food and varying cultures. Street food is a great option to resort to to eat something on the go or if you can’t find a fitting restaurant around.

• Annie talks about street food like smoothies, pretzels, etc
• I am sure that no matter if you have been to New York or not, you have heard about street food. If you haven't it is exactly how it sounds. Food on the street. There are many different carts, there are many blue carts and some trucks thrown in and other carts. These carts have food from pretzels, to Indian, to ice cream. If you want something, chances are these carts have it. Some of the toppings that you can put onto your hot dog could be yellow mustard, an onion sauce, but the most popular topping is sauerkraut, which is fermented cabbage. Toppings for a pretzel could include salt, obviously, along with a yellow mustard, which is very good.

Annie: Craving a sweet treat? Then you have come to the right place! In our last segment we will be talking about where you are able to satisfy those cravings. There are many different options for sweet treats in New York as well as many different cultures in New York. We will be talking about some of our favorites

• Shiv talks about:
• Serendipity - Upper East side - Frozen hot chocolate - iconic - Serendipity has a very whimsical atmosphere and calming environment. Some of their food options are French...

This podcast will be about food from around the world and traveling to different countries throughout the world. We will talk about different countries that we have been to. Then, we will talk about the ratings of the foods, restaurants, and scenarios of “What If” would also be incorporated into our podcast, to see the different scenarios that could happen if things changed in different countries. We are mostly going to talk about different foods globally.

We can describe the food that we have eaten and experienced in foreign countries, or nearby places. When describing the food, we can talk about rating the food, and the ratings of the places that we can get the food from. The “What If” scenarios could consist of things like, “What if Italy’s most known food wasn’t pasta or pizza, but it was mac and cheese and burgers? Would that change the overall tourism in the country, or the health of its citizens?”. So, this could also be an idea to make the podcast have an additional twist to it.