When our kids were small, we started having what we call 'international night'.  Basically, we'd make food that was traditional to another country for supper, try to learn a few words in the language of that country and we also talked about that country; what it's traditions were, where it was located at geographically, it's culture and what role it played in the global scheme of things.  For instance, when international night was French, we ate coq au vin and had proifteroles for dessert (I would have made escargot or horse meat, but neither was available fresh in our local stores - can't imagine why!).  On German night I made a rolled pork dish that I learned how to make when I was an exchange student in Bonn, sauerkraut and chocolate cake (again, that I learned how to make when I was living in-country). 

We went through quite a few countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Mexico and Japan are a few of the more memorable ones) and everyone really enjoyed not only the food, but the knowledge and learning about different cultures.  As the kids got older, however,  international nights got less and less frequent.  Everyone started to develop different dislikes and it just got so difficult to find a dish that everyone would eat that we just let our international nights fall by the wayside.

Tonight, though....I've decided that international night is back! 

The country is India, and I'm making chicken korma and naan bread.  I haven't decided what the dessert will be yet, but I've got all the ingredients for the main course sitting in the fridge, waiting for me to put them all together. Chicken korma is a deliciously creamy, not-too-spicy dish, and naan is a leavened bread that's traditionally cooked on the sides of a clay oven (it's flat, like a pita) - I'm making mine on the pizza stone that we've got. 

I'm going to go and try to find an Indian dessert now.  I'll let you know what the results are!