Preperation Begins

As we edge closer to the end of August and the beginning of our 52 week adventure, we are becoming more and more enthusiastic about the project.  We decided to draw our first country early this time (we were too excited to wait!), my husband did the blind draw and Ukraine will be our first week`s country.  So now we begin the process of researching meal ideas and coming up with inspiration for recipe.

The Countries

Here are the list of 52 countries randomly listed:
France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Cuba, Polynesia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Norway, Sweden, Britain, United States, Ukraine, Russia, Romanian, Lithuania, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, China, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Ethiopia, Morocco, Algeria, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Greece, New Zealand, Australia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Finland, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Costa Rica, Thailand, Bulgaria

Cooking Cusines From Around the World in 52 Weeks

Welcome to Cooking at Casa Vista as we embark on a 52 week adventure.  For the past few years my husband and I have always made weekly menu plans for our dinners.  To spice things up my husband came up with the idea that each week we should have a different county as our inspiration for our dinners. So tonight we came up with a list of 52 different countries and put them all into a basket.  Each week we will randomly pick one country from the basket and research traditional dishes from that country for inspiration. All dishes will be made from scratch. We will start our journey on Saturday September 1, 2012 with our weeks starting on Saturdays and ending on Fridays (as we typically grocery shop on Saturdays).  We will post finished meal pictures and our own recipes.  We hope you will be inspired to try new dishes!