The Best Food Cities in the World
Los Angeles
Find out how geography, economics, agriculture and multiculturalism have made L.A. a top dining destination.
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Florence
Because Rome doesn’t need another hero, America’s biggest ambassador for Italian flavors, Mario Batali, goes to bat for Florence.
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London
The London Cookbook
author Aleksandra Crapanzano reports on delicious diversity as the city mulls its post-Brexit future.
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Toronto
An influx of out-of-town talent sparked a homegrown food movement in Canada’s most diverse city. Matty Matheson, local chef and host of Viceland’s Dead Set On Life, beats his chest for Toronto’s free-wheeling restaurants.
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New York City
If the Big Apple ever had an iconic restaurant, it was the Four Seasons, first opened in 1959 and reinvented this year as The Grill and The Pool. Together, these restaurants encapsulate everything we’ve always loved about dining out in this town: extravagance, ingenuity, that see-and-be-seen energy. Legendary food writer Mimi Sheraton—who consulted on both the original and current projects—looks back and ahead.
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Tokyo
With an influential fashion empire, including stores in the US and Japan, Opening Ceremony's founders are Tokyo-obsessed. Here's where Humberto Leon and Carol Lim eat when they're in town.
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Paris
We all dream of living the expat life in the City of Lights. Lindsey Tramuta, author of The New Paris and the popular blog Lost in Cheeseland, is doing just that. Here are her recommendations.
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Charleston
Over the past decade, Southern farmers and chefs have taken huge strides in patching up the South Carolina pantry. So what happens next? Low-country kingpin Sean Brock takes stock.
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Hong Kong
Yenn Wong, the restaurateur behind nine of the city’s most popular restaurants, tells us where to eat right now in Asia's World City.
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New Orleans
In a city that treasures its historic restaurants, restaurant editor Jordana Rothman finds a few upstarts gunning for progress.