2024 the best restaurants of the world review

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For pure pleasure, few experiences are as satisfying as a chance to explore the world’s great culinary traditions and landmarks—and here, in the latest title of our popular series of illustrated travel gift books, you’ll find a fabulous itinerary of foods, dishes, markets, and restaurants worth traveling far and wide to savor.

On the menu is the best of the best from all over the globe: Tokyo’s freshest sushi; the spiciest Creole favorites in New Orleans; the finest vintages of the great French wineries; the juiciest cuts of beef in Argentina; and much, much more. You’ll sample the sophisticated dishes of fabled chefs and five-star restaurants, of course, but you’ll also discover the simpler pleasures of the side-street cafés that cater to local people and the classic specialties that give each region a distinctive flavor.

Every cuisine tells a unique story about its countryside, climate, and culture, and in these pages you’ll meet the men and women who transform nature’s bounty into a thousand gustatory delights. Hundreds of appetizing full-color illustrations evoke an extraordinary range of tastes and cooking techniques; a wide selection of recipes invites you to create as well as consume; sidebars give a wealth of entertaining information about additional sites to visit as well as the cultural importance of the featured food; while lively top ten lists cover topics from chocolate factories to champagne bars, from historic food markets to wedding feasts, harvest celebrations, and festive occasions of every kind. In addition, detailed practical travel information provides all the ingredients you’ll need to cook up a truly delicious experience for even the most demanding of traveling gourmets.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ National Geographic; Illustrated edition (October 20, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1426205074
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1426205071
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.24 x 1.3 x 12.06 inches
Reviewer: Expressed Reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A fabulous book about extraordinary travels and exemplary foods
Review: If you have the least bit of interest in learning about new cultures and foods, you'll take delight in this book. Through its pages, you'll discover magnificent new geographic areas, meet lots of very interesting people, and discover foods that are common to the areas highlighted. This is a very heavy book, loaded with gorgeous photographs and treasured food journeys and the people behind the great food. This would make a superb holiday or birthday gift for the person interested in food and travel, which includes just about everyone I know. It would also be a great gift for the armchair traveler, as the contents are thoroughly enjoyable from your own living room. This is one of the most beautiful books on the subject of food and travel that I've ever seen.

Reviewer: Nancy Chirich
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: But Can You Lift It?
Review: Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe © National Geographic Society 2009By Nan C. That travel bug you were sure airport hassle, terrorists, or a current stay on Poverty Row had killed, comes right back to haunt you as soon as you open this book. Supersized 12"L x 9.5"W and 1" Deep (not counting sturdy hard cover), this five-pounder is no takalong guide. But what a beautiful way to browse and dream! Be sure to take notes - in case. National Geographic never shys away from sending contributors to wild parts of the world. Foodie destinations in most corners of the globe are covered, as though grim State Department Travel Warnings do not exist. Wonderful index of 313 non-gushy pages, beautiful photos (of course), suggestions for international hotel chains, bed & breakfasts, campgrounds to stay near the goal - from gourmet cooking schools to street food vendor-specialists in world capitals and villages, including the USA, plus the occasional sidelined recipe. Those Preserved Lemons somehow inspired me to get to Morocco ASAP! ###

Reviewer: Ed Uyeshima
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Culinary Globetrotting, National Geographic Style
Review: When I have the privilege to travel to exotic places abroad, I've generally made it a point to find an opportunity to take a cooking lesson in the local cuisine. I figured out a while back that the most intimate way to get to know a culture is through the food they grow, create, cook and eat. Now comes a book from the editors of one of my favorite magazines, National Geographic Traveler, that focuses on the culinary adventures to be had around the globe. As expected, it's a handsome coffee-table book that takes full advantage of the vast catalog of images and articles long featured in the magazine. It's divided into nine beguiling chapters:-- "Specialties & Ingredients" focuses on foods which are unique to specific locales, ranging from Vermont maple syrup to the fresh sushi found at dawn in Tokyo's Tsukiji Market to the vanilla bean that originated on the island of Réunion.-- "Outstanding Markets" spotlights the world's great bazaars such as Thailand's floating markets, Venice's Rialto Fish Market, and in my own backyard, San Francisco's Ferry Building Marketplace.-- "Seasonal Delights" runs the gamut from French truffles to Finnish crayfish to Maryland's soft-shell crabs.-- "In the Kitchen" brings to the fore the intimate secrets of the world's cuisines through classic technique and unique ingredients. Recipes are plentiful in this section's sidebars.-- "Favorite Street Foods" is the section with which I have the most affinity since it highlights exactly the type of food that I would eat as a traveler, the local eats found on mobile food carts, at street kiosks, and in expansive night markets.-- "Great Food Towns" travels far and wide to identify the culinary capitals from Bologna to Goa to Hong Kong to the inevitable destination, Paris.-- "Ultimate Luxuries" identifies the rare treats to be discovered by those with deep pockets, for example, kaiseki feasting in Kyoto and luxuriant dining at the Hotel Cipriani in Venice.-- "The Best Wine, Beer, & More" focuses on some unusual beverages such as Peruvian pisco and Greenland's glacier beer, as well as more predictable choices like Oregon's microbreweries and Sonoma wines.-- "Just Desserts" looks at the world's confectionary delights such as Belgian chocolates and Florida's key lime pie.For each entry, the editors provide critical information on when to go, how to plan a particular culinary adventure, and what relevant websites can help with the planning. There are entertaining top ten lists throughout the book in categories as diverse as Extreme Restaurants and Monastic Tipples. My only complaints about the book are that certain areas (Western Europe, Japan) seem to be favored at the expense of more exotic locales and that there aren't as many "a-ha" moments as I would have hoped from a list as comprehensive as this one. Still, the photography is mostly spectacular, and the editors recognize the most important discovery for the reader - that what and where we eat becomes as much a part of our travel as what we see - and the book successfully delivers an exercise in cultural immersion through our individual palates.

Reviewer: Rosamund
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Delicious
Review: Beautiful photos and excellent writing . Delicious to read, good compilation. Collectors item.

Reviewer: Lori Anderson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: AMAZING cultural trip
Review: I bought one as a gift for a friend who said she liked to explore other cultures through food. I ended up buying three more as gifts. Excellent reading, excellent photos, awesome recipes.

Reviewer: Avid Reader
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Evenif you don't plan to travel, it's a gorgeous read
Review: Fabulous book for anyone who loves food. Great photos, good writing and interstign topics - some very obvious choices but some wonderfully obscure ones. There are markets, producers, regional specialties and classes written up. I've already booked in for a chili cooking class written up as I'm headed to Santa Fe and that's one of the great classes mentioned.

Reviewer: André Kaneko
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Essa obra é excelente para quem tem um grande interesse por viagens e por gastronomia. Ter a qualidade da fotografia no padrão National Geographic em formato de um livro com essas dimensões foi um dos fatores que mais valoriza o custo-benefício dessa edição, fotos com ótima definição e cores vivas. Recomendo e gostaria de completar essa coleção

Reviewer: JÉRÔME
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ce livre est un véritable guide culinaire pour les amateurs de voyages et de cuisine du monde entier. Il présente 500 endroits exceptionnels pour manger à travers le globe, allant des marchés locaux animés aux restaurants les plus prestigieux.En feuilletant les pages de ce livre, on peut découvrir des saveurs, des ingrédients et des traditions culinaires de différents pays et régions du monde. Les photos magnifiques de plats alléchants et de paysages pittoresques vont sans aucun doute donner envie de planifier un voyage culinaire.Ce livre est une source d'inspiration pour ceux qui cherchent à découvrir de nouvelles cuisines et de nouveaux horizons, et il est idéal pour offrir en cadeau à tout amateur de gastronomie et de voyages. Alors, préparez-vous à un voyage culinaire inoubliable avec "Food Journeys of a Lifetime" !

Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Questo libro mi serviva per fare un regalo, la copertina è tutta rovinata.

Reviewer: Westkootenay
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is a beautiful book and a fantastic read. Fast shipping, came as described. Highly recommend.

Reviewer: Rangeet Chatterjee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The detailing is really amazing with every consumable. But then, editor must’ve skipped 2-3 glances regarding authenticity of pictures in connection to the paragraph. I live in a city which is mentioned but the photograph is not associated to it.