Morning Rituals: the World's Most Satisfying Breakfast Dishes

Breakfast is the meal that tells you most about a culture—and the world's best breakfast dishes have been perfected over centuries. The Japanese have elevated morning eating to an art with rice, miso, and pickles; the English pile on bacon, eggs, sausage, and beans in their legendary "full" breakfast; Mexicans perfect tamales and tortillas with eggs and salsa; Egyptians have made ful medames (fava beans) with flatbread a cornerstone of their food culture; and Turks have mastered the morning spread with cheese, olives, eggs, and tea. These breakfast traditions are so deeply embedded in their cultures that disrupting them feels like cultural transgression. This curated list brings together the top breakfast dishes from around the world—the ones that set the tone for your day with an authority that only breakfast seems to possess.