Food On Stamps!

Portugal
The Flavors of Lusophony
June 5, 2009
There are eight Lusophone countries in which Portuguese is official language.
0.32€ - Brasil, Leitoa num Ar de Sarapatel
0.32€ - India, Bebinca das Sete colinas
0.68€ - África, Angola, Caldeirada de Cabrito
0.68€ - Portugal: Bacalhau, Pão, Vinho e Azeite
0.80€ - África, Cabo Verde, Do Cozido à Cachupa
0.80€ - Ásia – No caldeiro a tempura
1.85€ - Bacalhau, Pão, Vinho e Azeite

Argentina
Typical Argentine Meals
June 7, 2003
Pies
Meat and Vegetable Stew
Mixed Grill
Cupcakes

A mother holding a tapioca cake, and her three children, an airmail stamp designed by Israeli artist Gabriel Shamir (1090-1992), printed by lithography, and issued by Togo on June 30, 1972, Scott No. C178.

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Here are images of the two stamps in a set publicizing the FAO's "Freedom from Hunger" campaign, produced by Tunisian artists and French engravers, and issued by Tunisia on March 21, 1963, Scott Nos. 435 & 436.

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Dove over globe, designed by Jellal Ben Abdallah (1921- ), and engraved by Pierre Béquet (1932-2012).


"Hunger," designed by Hatem El Mekki (1918-2003), and engraved by André Frères (1902-1977).

Indonesia
Traditional Indonesian Dishes
July 6, 2008
Sate Bandeng is made of deboned milkfish grilled in its skin on bamboo skewers over charcoal embers.
Ayam Cincane is a dish which chicken meat served with spices.
Nasi Lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf.
Kaledo is a traditional cow's trotters soup served in spicy broth.

Indonesia
Traditional Indonesian Dishes
July 5, 2006
Gudeg is made from unripe jack fruit with palm sugar and coconut milk. It is commonly served with rice, egg, or chicken.
Aunu Senebre is made from anchovy and fried rice, with coconut and taro leaves.
Pempek is a savoury fishcake delicacy made from fish and tapioca.
Ayam Betutu is a dish of steamed or roasted chicken or duck in rich bumbu betutu.

Brazil
Regional Cuisine
March 21, 2000
Moqueca Capixaba is a recipe based on salt water fish stew in coconut milk. It is native to the state of Espírito Santo and influenced by Native Brazilian mixed with portuguese cuisine.
Moqueca Baiana is a Bahian-style seafood stew that is native to Salvador de Bahia area.

Slovenia
Gastronomy
November 6, 2015
Idrija-style pasta parcels with meat stew
Šebrelje style salami

Serbia and Montenegro
EUROPA - Gastronomy
May 5, 2005
41.50d/0.50€: mashed potato and cabbage cake, bread rolls.
73d/0.90€: fish and lemon slices with tomato and chard, and oil dressing, pepper grinder.

Malta
Maltese Cuisine
August 13, 2002
The souvenir sheet features Stuffat tal-fenek, the Maltese rabbit stew.

Slovenia
Gastronomy
November 26, 2010
Mežerli is a traditional dish made with pig or veal lungs or heart.
Koroška skuta is a dish with Carinthian cottage cheese with onion and pumpin seed oil.

Monaco
EUROPA - Gastronomy
May 3, 2005
Pissaladière
Barbagiuans (Dumplings with spinach and rice filling)
Fougasse and biscuits
Salted chard pie

Spain
Gastronomy - Galicia
September 25, 2015
Pemento de Herbón
Mexillón de Galicia

Happy Birthday to Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the master chef and depicting the house in the Alpes-Maritimes village of Villeneuve-Loubet in which Escoffier was born, now a museum, designed and engraved by French artist Georges Bétemps (1921-1992), and issued by Monaco on May 6, 1972 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the chef's birth, Scott No. 840, plus an image of a photograph of Auguste Escoffier.

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Tunisia
Traditional Tunisian Dishes
December 26, 2009
Tagine
Mechouia Salad
Grilled Fish
Couscous with Meat