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Country with the world’s best cuisine named — and the US doesn’t even come close
New York Post ^

Posted on 01/01/2025 3:34:56 PM PST by nickcarraway

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However, travel guide TasteAtlas has taken a shot by analyzing ratings from users, who deemed Greek food the overall best of the top 100 cuisines on the globe.

The United States, meanwhile, placed outside the top ten in this culinary decathlon, but still fared better than our neighbors across the pond in the UK.

To determine who deserved a place on this Olympic podium of eats, TasteAtlas analyzed 477,287 ratings for 15,478 foods in their database. Listed underneath each entry were their highest rated foods. Perhaps it’s fitting that the country that invented democracy was picked via crowdsourcing on this highly-subjective countdown. That’s right, Greece stood atop this culinary Mount Olympus, boasting a score of 4.6 out of 5 five stars.

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To: Fungi
The Chinese are first only because they eat pork.

Unless they're Muslim. There are some Muslim Chinese restaurants around here that feature lamb dishes, which are usually not found in Chinese restaurants.

61 posted on 01/01/2025 5:45:04 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: nickcarraway

baklava and more:

https://www.mygreekdish.com/


62 posted on 01/01/2025 5:46:51 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

The Mediterranean Sea has the world’s best foods!
As was stated upthread, America has the best selections from the rest of the world. Happy New Year to you, FRiend!


63 posted on 01/01/2025 5:50:52 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: nickcarraway

I have a friend who was born in China’s Kwangtung Province, and his mother made the best Chinese food I ever had. This was Cantonese cuisine, which is mild but with subtle flavors.


64 posted on 01/01/2025 5:52:33 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: nickcarraway
And cheese isn't "American" unless it comes sliced and individually wrapped in plastic.

-PJ

65 posted on 01/01/2025 5:54:51 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: redfreedom
If you haven’t heed it, you might like the song “Pork Chops and Mustard Greens,” a celebration of simple, traditional food.

https://sonichits.com/video/Ernie_Andrews_&_The_Maxwell_Davis_Orchestra/Pork_Chops_And_Mustard_Greens?track=1

66 posted on 01/01/2025 5:59:22 PM PST by untenured
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To: Brian Griffin; outofsalt
When I lived in Washington, DC in 1979, there wasn't a single decent Mexican restaurant in the area. When I visited Capitol Hill last fall, I noticed that there were two Mexican restaurants within a few doors of each other on Pennsylvania Ave., and there are others nearby.

When I'm on Capitol Hill at mealtime, I tend to eat at the Hawk 'n' Dove, which serves great American cuisine. But I wish the cafeteria in the Senate Office Building hadn't been closed to the public after J6. I miss their Senate Bean Soup.

67 posted on 01/01/2025 6:01:10 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: nickcarraway

Lebanese cuisine can be very good too.


68 posted on 01/01/2025 6:02:01 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: nickcarraway

Spicy food is not often good food.


69 posted on 01/01/2025 6:03:54 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: nickcarraway

Mexican?

Same six ingredients in different layers

Yuck


70 posted on 01/01/2025 6:07:30 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: nickcarraway

The article seems to be saying that it’s a rating of countries with the best food, but then the ratings are by cuisine and not country...it seems anyway.

I’ve had better food of all cuisine types in Japan and I put it down to the cleanliness and ingredients.

China and Mexico, both of which I’ve eaten in, are way down the list for the same reasons.

I find it hard to believe Turkey and Indonesia are above France and Japan.


71 posted on 01/01/2025 6:53:30 PM PST by reed13k
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To: Veto!

Lebanese food is very good.


72 posted on 01/01/2025 7:16:19 PM PST by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
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To: Chickensoup

Much Mexican food in general is very overrated. I like it fine occasionally but it should not be expensive. It is just basic food of a certain type.

Prices in Mexican restaurants have gone up and up, as though it is “fine food.” For the same money it costs at those places, much better non-Mexican food can be gotten.

Cheaper Mexican places are often as good or better as the expensive ones, and are OK for basic economical meals when atmosphere and food quality for a serious date or anniversary are not the goal. We know a few and they work well when we simply do not want to cook. And they beat places like McDonalds in price and quality and even prompt service, for sure.


73 posted on 01/01/2025 7:26:06 PM PST by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
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To: nickcarraway

If you love beef and pork, Argentina is the place.


74 posted on 01/01/2025 8:13:39 PM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: nickcarraway
But wait... The U.S. is NUMBER ONE when it comes to HIGH SUGAR & CARB infested PROCESSED FOODS! /s

Say a PRAYER that RFK doesn't run into a "buzz saw" with his efforts to bring the U.S. into a better healthier eating reality.

75 posted on 01/01/2025 11:02:24 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: outofsalt

True not all foods are available everywhere. Mostly cities and suburban areas, but there is always Amazon.


76 posted on 01/02/2025 1:49:41 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (Shut)
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To: Ken H

Thanks. Good food means good meats and veggies. Eat well, my Freeper friend.


77 posted on 01/02/2025 1:52:55 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (Shut)
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To: Tommy Revolts

One of the best pieces of meat I have ever eaten was a venison tenderloin smoked with apple wood. The meat was from a young doe, a yearling a friend shot and butchered. He had a smoker and smoked lots of meats. I couldn’t help myself from having not just seconds, but thirds. Delicious!


78 posted on 01/02/2025 1:58:22 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (Shut)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

😂😂😂


79 posted on 01/02/2025 2:38:37 AM PST by ANKE69 (✌️🇺🇲 Let's MAGA)
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To: Weirdad

Mexican is workaday food.

Tbh I am at a place in life where less ingredients cooked plainly but well makes me happy.


80 posted on 01/02/2025 5:20:57 AM PST by Chickensoup
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