By now it must be obvious to you, dear readers, that I'm enjoying this challenge because I'm learning and improving my cooking techniques. But something I haven't mentioned that I'm also enjoying is learning about the countries I'm cooking from.

There is culture, history, and geography behind every dish, and it's cool to discover those things, as well as write the extremely short country introduction that opens each post. For example, I discovered that the country I'm cooking from this week is actually an island country! Let's get started with: Bahrain!