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The Special Cookbook: A Culinary Travelogue with over 40 mostly vegetarian recipes. Join gourmet chef Florian Schauren and Nora Görg as they explore the culinary treasures of Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Iran! During a year-long motorhome journey, they discovered little-known tourist and culinary regions and collected traditional local recipes. Back in their home kitchen, they recreated, refined, and adapted these specialties to our ingredient repertoire—always with the necessary finesse to preserve the authenticity of the traditional dishes. The result is this unique cookbook, where recipes and travel stories alternate, and the authors share their inspiring experiences, encounters, and adventures.

The structure of the book follows the travel route, with a chapter dedicated to each country: Albanian cuisine, Greek recipes, Turkish dishes, Persian food, Ukrainian cuisine, and more. The journey takes you through these countries: Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Iran. It features exciting travel stories, heartfelt accounts of the land and its people, and insights into culinary traditions.

Professional chef Florian Schauren has primarily recreated the collected recipes in vegetarian versions for sustainable enjoyment. From Bulgaria to Iran: Peeking into the pots of the locals! Very personal travel photos, cheerful and thought-provoking anecdotes, and intriguing background information allow readers to immerse themselves in countries and regions that perhaps hold onto their customs, traditions, and habits even more strongly due to the significant changes brought about by global political and economic events. The focus of the collected dishes is on vegetarian recipes—such as Bulgarian Shopska salad.