Perface

Recipes from around the world with a dash of UTAD

It is not possible to talk about internationalisation at the University of Trás-osMontes e Alto Douro (UTAD) without talking about interculturality, cultural diversity and the human dimension.

For the second year in a row, international students from various countries present the academy with flavours that come from their lands, their cultures and that recall their ancestors, their families and their traditions. This respect for their unique cultural identity is the flagship of the 'UTAD International Day'. We want to provide an interaction and union among all those who come together to try sweet and savoury delicacies, some more exotic, others loaded with memories.

The possibility of trying typical dishes from each country, accompanied by Portuguese wines, opens up paths to cultural and social transmutation and a healthy coexistence of diversity that leaves none of us indifferent.

This book is a compilation of recipes of typical dishes that mark this 2nd edition of the 'UTAD International Day'. Prepared by students in the Kitchen Lab, with all the guarantees of hygiene control and food safety, the 22 dishes can now be replicated in your kitchen. On the following pages, the necessary ingredients, the preparation method and their nutritional value are presented, which also demonstrates UTAD's concern with food literacy.

With a contagious joy, the international students presented us some of their delicacies and called us to travel in this intercultural adventure, without barriers or borders. Now, it is your turn to travel through this cookbook to (re)appreciate the knowledge and flavours that marked the "UTAD International Day 2023".

UTAD,31 May 2023