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The world's most famous dishes, rebuilt in a normal kitchen for a fraction of the restaurant price. Every recipe comes with the price-shock math and the one restaurant secret that closes the gap.

Skip the Flight Cookbook Vol. 1 cover: Marco with a passport and a table of world-famous dishes
$300 → $14Osaka wagyu, made at home
10 world-famous dishes27 pages, instant PDF~95% cheaper than the restaurantNew rankings daily on YouTube
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The Cookbook, Vol. 1

10 world-famous dishes: Osaka wagyu, Tokyo ramen, Neapolitan pizza, Tijuana birria, Beijing duck, Maine lobster roll and more. Includes the Restaurant Secrets pack (7-day plan, shopping lists, technique cheat-sheets).

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Konbini egg sando, Turkish menemen, pad thai, Vietnamese iced coffee, masala chai. Five street-price classics you can make tonight.

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How it works

Restaurant result, weeknight effort

01

The price shock

What the dish costs abroad vs. what it costs to make. Spoiler: it's never close.

02

The restaurant secret

One technique per dish that separates "homemade" from "tastes like the place".

03

Stamp it

Cook it, tag your plate, and I'll feature the best ones in the channel.

Inside Vol. 1

Ten dishes. One kitchen.

Wagyu-style ribeyeOsaka · $300$14
Tonkotsu ramenTokyo · $28$5
Margherita pizzaNaples · 3-hr line$4
Birria tacosTijuana · $15$3
Peking duckBeijing · $90$20
Katsu sandoTokyo · $18$4
Lobster rollMaine · $30$9
Truffle tagliatelleItaly · $40$6
French onion soupParis · $16$3
Beef phoHanoi · $14$4
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