Here each country in Western Europe is listed with a collection of recipes from that country. However, only a brief descripton of the country is given here and for a more detailed overview please use the links below to navigate to the full listing page for that country (links are blow). Also, please note that only a maximum of 50 recipes is given for each country in this list. For the full recipes listing you need to navigate to the country's main page. However, this page also gives recipes that are common to all countries in Western Europe.

Below are the links to each specific country in Western Europe:

Western Europe: Austria; Belgium; France; Germany; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Switzerland and the Principality of Monaco.


These recipes also cover all historical periods from ancient stone-age recipes through the latest fusion recipes.

Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's extent varies depending on context. The concept of 'the West' appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to 'the East' and originally applied to the ancient Mediterranean world, the Roman Empire (both Western and Eastern), and medieval 'Christendom'. Beginning with the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery, roughly from the 15th century, the concept of Europe as 'the West' slowly became distinguished from and eventually replaced the dominant use of 'Christendom' as the preferred endonym within the region. By the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, the concepts of 'Eastern Europe' and 'Western Europe' were more regularly used. The distinctiveness of Western Europe became most apparent during the Cold War, when Europe was divided for 40 years by the Iron Curtain into the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc, each characterised by distinct political and economical systems.

The United Nations geoscheme is a system devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) which divides the countries of the world into regional and subregional groups, based on the M49 coding classification. The partition is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories. The definition of Western Europe presented here is based on this.

Western Europe is one of the richest regions of the world. Germany has the highest gross domestic product in Europe and the largest financial surplus of any country, Luxembourg has the world's highest GDP per capita, and Germany has the highest net national wealth of any European state.

Western Europe

Arms	Flag	Name of Territory	Capital	Name in Official Language(s)
		Austria	Vienna	Republic of Austria/Republik Österreich (German)
		Belgium	Brussels	Kingdom of Belgium/Koninkrijk België (Dutch)/ Royaume de Belgique (French)/Königreich Belgien (German)
		France	Prais	French Republic/République française (French)
		Germany	Berlin	Federal Republic of Germany/Bundesrepublik Deutschland (German)
		Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Principality of Liechtenstein/Fürstentum Liechtenstein (German)
		Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg/Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg​ (Luxembourgish)/ Grand-Duché de Luxembourg​ (French)/Großherzogtum Luxemburg​ (German)
		Monaco	Monaco	Principality of Monaco/Principauté de Monaco (French)/ Prinçipatu de Mùnegu (Monégasque)
		the Netherlands	Amsterdam	Nederland (Dutch)
		Switzerland	Zurich	Swiss Federation/Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German)/Confédération suisse (French)/ Confederazione Svizzera (Italian)/Confederaziun svizra (Romansh)/ Confoederatio helvetica (Latin)