Introduction

We love to cook and we love to travel. As we are currently stuck in Denver, Colorado, we decided that the best way to flex these curiosity-muscles was to go on a culinary tour of the globe from the confort of our urban house. We took the United Nations member list and gave it a random ordering. We will begin cooking at Niger and end at Croatia.

We're doing this becasue this is what we love. If you have any suggestions as to how we could better prepare a dish, or where we got it wrong, please let us know.

Below is a list of UN members and the random ordering that they have been given. The dates are when they ascended to the UN.

1 Niger (20 September 1960)
2 Argentina (24 October 1945)
3 Cyprus (20 September 1960)
4 Namibia (23 April 1990)
5 Japan (18 December 1956)
6 Viet Nam (20 September 1977)
7 South Africa (7 November 1945)
8 Azerbaijan (2 March 1992)
9 Syrian Arab Republic (24 October 1945)
10 Dominica (18 December 1978)
11 Botswana (17 October 1966)
12 Belize (25 September 1981)
13 Liberia (2 November 1945)
14 Lithuania (17 September 1991)
15 Nepal (14 December 1955)
16 Guatemala (21 November 1945)
17 Turkey (24 October 1945)
18 Palau (15 December 1994)
19 Republic of Korea (17 September 1991)
20 Somalia (20 September 1960)
21 Samoa (15 December 1976)
22 Iraq (21 December 1945)
23 Senegal (28 September 1960)
24 Democratic People's Republic of Korea (17 September 1991)
25 Democratic Republic of the Congo (20 September 1960)
26 Netherlands (10 December 1945)
27 Côte d'Ivoire (20 September 1960)
28 Monaco (28 May 1993)
29 Ukraine (24 October 1945)
30 Nicaragua (24 October 1945)
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of... (15 November 1945)
32 United States of America (24 October 1945)
33 Philippines (24 October 1945)
34 Malaysia (17 September 1957)
35 Mauritania (27 October 1961)
36 Ethiopia (13 November 1945)
37 Fiji (13 October 1970)
38 Sao Tome and Principe (16 September 1975)
39 Greece (25 October 1945)
40 Panama (13 November 1945)
41 Thailand (16 December 1946)
42 Ghana (8 March 1957)
43 Saint Lucia (18 September 1979)
44 Nauru (14 September 1999)
45 Uzbekistan (2 March 1992)
46 China (24 October 1945)
47 Suriname (4 December 1975)
48 Congo, Republic of the... (20 September 1960)
49 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (14 December 1955)
50 Sweden (19 November 1946)
51 Mali (28 September 1960)
52 Solomon Islands (19 September 1978)
53 Guyana (20 September 1966)
54 Cambodia (14 December 1955)
55 Lesotho (17 October 1966)
56 Seychelles (21 September 1976)
57 Slovakia (19 January 1993)
58 Estonia (17 September 1991)
59 Cameroon (20 September 1960)
60 Djibouti (20 September 1977)
61 Andorra (28 July 1993)
62 Hungary (14 December 1955)
63 Dominican Republic (24 October 1945)
64 Sudan (12 November 1956)
65 Bulgaria (14 December 1955)
66 Egypt (24 October 1945)
67 Angola (1 December 1976)
68 Spain (14 December 1955)
69 Georgia (31 July 1992)
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (16 September 1980)
71 Trinidad and Tobago (18 September 1962)
72 New Zealand (24 October 1945)
73 Switzerland (10 September 2002)
74 Yemen (30 September 1947)
75 United Republic of Tanzania (14 December 1961)
76 Latvia (17 September 1991)
77 Peru (31 October 1945)
78 Bhutan (21 September 1971)
79 Madagascar (20 September 1960)
80 Barbados (9 December 1966)
81 Honduras (17 December 1945)
82 Ecuador (21 December 1945)
83 Luxembourg (24 October 1945)
84 Moldova (2 March 1992)
85 Eritrea (28 May 1993)
86 Russian Federation (24 October 1945)
87 Lebanon (24 October 1945)
88 France (24 October 1945)
89 Tuvalu (5 September 2000)
90 Gabon (20 September 1960)
91 Bahamas (18 September 1973)
92 Iran, Islamic Republic of... (24 October 1945)
93 Kenya (16 December 1963)
94 Serbia (1 November 2000)
95 Paraguay (24 October 1945)
96 Guinea (12 December 1958)
97 Montenegro (28 June 2006)
98 Rwanda (18 September 1962)
99 Lao People's Democratic Republic (14 December 1955)
100 Brunei Darussalam (21 September 1984)
101 Maldives (21 September 1965)
102 Swaziland (24 September 1968)
103 Uruguay (18 December 1945)
104 Tajikistan (2 March 1992)
105 Malawi (1 December 1964)
106 Saint Kitts and Nevis (23 September 1983)
107 Kuwait (14 May 1963)
108 Micronesia, Federated States of... (17 September 1991)
109 Kyrgyzstan (2 March 1992)
110 Bolivia (14 November 1945)
111 Qatar (21 September 1971)
112 Albania (14 December 1955)
113 Costa Rica (2 November 1945)
114 Nigeria (7 October 1960)
115 Marshall Islands (17 September 1991)
116 Jordan (14 December 1955)
117 Tunisia (12 November 1956)
118 Oman (7 October 1971)
119 Zambia (1 December 1964)
120 Ireland (14 December 1955)
121 Czech Republic (19 January 1993)
122 Algeria (8 October 1962)
123 Grenada (17 September 1974)
124 Central African Republic (20 September 1960)
125 Timor-Leste (27 September 2002)
126 San Marino (2 March 1992)
127 Brazil (24 October 1945)
128 Mozambique (16 September 1975)
129 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (24 October 1945)
130 Burkina Faso (20 September 1960)
131 Indonesia (28 September 1950)
132 Malta (1 December 1964)
133 India (30 October 1945)
134 Germany (18 September 1973)
135 Turkmenistan (2 March 1992)
136 Finland (14 December 1955)
137 Burundi (18 September 1962)
138 Mexico (7 November 1945)
139 Norway (27 November 1945)
140 Slovenia (22 May 1992)
141 Cuba (24 October 1945)
142 Kiribati (14 September 1999)
143 Papua New Guinea (10 October 1975)
144 Israel (11 May 1949)
145 Colombia (5 November 1945)
146 Poland (24 October 1945)
147 Afghanistan (19 November 1946)
148 Austria (14 December 1955)
149 Gambia (21 September 1965)
150 Singapore (21 September 1965)
151 Morocco (12 November 1956)
152 Togo (20 September 1960)
153 Romania (14 December 1955)
154 Armenia (2 March 1992)
155 Bosnia and Herzegovina (22 May 1992)
156 Antigua and Barbuda (11 November 1981)
157 Mongolia (27 October 1961)
158 Haiti (24 October 1945)
159 Bangladesh (17 September 1974)
160 Sri Lanka (14 December 1955)
161 Denmark (24 October 1945)
162 Australia (1 November 1945)
163 Cape Verde (16 September 1975)
164 Pakistan (30 September 1947)
165 Canada (9 November 1945)
166 Myanmar (19 April 1948)
167 Jamaica (18 September 1962)
168 Bahrain (21 September 1971)
169 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (8 April 1993)
170 Belgium (27 December 1945)
171 Sierra Leone (27 September 1961)
172 Guinea-Bissau (17 September 1974)
173 Chile (24 October 1945)
174 Italy (14 December 1955)
175 Kazakhstan (2 March 1992)
176 Iceland (19 November 1946)
177 United Arab Emirates (9 December 1971)
178 Zimbabwe (25 August 1980)
179 Saudi Arabia (24 October 1945)
180 Tonga (14 September 1999)
181 Portugal (14 December 1955)
182 Mauritius (24 April 1968)
183 El Salvador (24 October 1945)
184 Benin (20 September 1960)
185 Uganda (25 October 1962)
186 Belarus (24 October 1945)
187 Liechtenstein (18 September 1990)
188 Comoros (12 November 1975)
189 Equatorial Guinea (12 November 1968)
190 Chad (20 September 1960)
191 Vanuatu (15 September 1981)
192 Croatia (22 May 1992)