Wild boar with sweet garlic fries mirrors classic steak frites, macaroni and cheese gets dressed up with truffles and Cuban mojo sauce dresses duck with a side of Alsatian rosti laced with manchego.

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On a Thursday evening in south London, the irresistible, sweet scent of frying garlic mingled with other delicious smells of Southeast Asian cooking.

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Mr. Mattos calls for tossing the chicken pieces with pungent garlic, hot chili flakes and sweet fennel seeds.

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Tiny scallops, also cooked on the half-shell, are a revelation: sweet and soft, bathed in oil and garlic with flecks of parsley.

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Corn, sweet potato sprinkled with cinnamon, rice and beans, garlic, avocado, and codfish all get whipped into ice cream, as well as what seems like almost every available seasonal fruit, including quenepa, which only exists on the island.

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The sweet, tender and mildly briny crab meat turned opaque, and the scent of garlic and herbs filled the air.

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