New cuisine

New food is the cheapest way to visit somewhere you have never been.

Pick a dish from a cuisine you have never cooked: not just a new recipe, a different country. Read two or three recipes instead of one — you will see what they share and what the author made up. Write the list and go shopping, including that one strange spice you want to swap for something familiar; do not swap it. Cook it as written, no improvements on the fly: the first time is about learning how it is supposed to be. Eat slowly and try to name how this taste differs from what you are used to. Write down what you would do differently next time.

How much have I never tried simply because I already know what I like?