INDEX

A

A La Mère de Famille, Paris

Abbey of St. Sixtus of Westvleteren, Belgium

ackee, Jamaica

Adrià, Ferran

A’jia Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey

Algonquin Hotel, New York City 7.1, 8.1

Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir, Istanbul, Turkey 2.1, 9.1

Alimentarium, Vervey, Switzerland

almonds 4.1, 7.1

Alnwick Garden, England

Alsace, France

Ammarin Bedouin Camp, Jordan

Amsterdam, Netherlands 3.1, 6.1

The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk, England

Andalusia, Spain 1.1, 4.1

Andechs Monastery, Germany

Antico Pizzicheria de Miccoli, Siena, Italy

apples, Connecticut

Arbois, France

arepas 5.1, 5.2

Argentina 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1

Arizona

Arles, France

Arzak, Juan Mari

asparagus festival, Germany

Assisi, Umbria, Italy

Astral Bar, Sydney, Australia

Asturias, Spain

Athens, Greece

Atlanta, Georgia

Australia 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1

Austria 1.1, 3.1, 9.1, 9.2

Auvergne, France 1.1, 3.1

Aveyron, France

B

bagels

Bagno a Ripoli, Tuscany, Italy

baguettes, Paris

bakers 1.1, 2.1, 9.1

balsamic vinegar, Modena, Italy

Bamberg, Germany

bananas Foster, New Orleans

Bangalore, India

Bangkok 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

Banoffi pie, Jevington, England

The Bar Hemingway, Hotel Ritz, Paris

The Bar, Merchant Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Bar Nineteen 12, Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles

Barbados

barbecue 5.1, 5.2

Barcelona, Spain 2.1, 6.1

Barossa Valley, Australia

Basque cooking, Spain 3.1, 6.1

Bath, England

Bavaria, Germany 8.1, 9.1

Beaverkill River, Catskill Mountains, New York

beef 1.1, 7.1

beef carpaccio

beef in Barolo

beer 1.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5

Oregon’s microbreweries

Beijing 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1

Belém, Brazil

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Belgium 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

Bellini cocktail, Venice, Italy

Ben & Jerry’s, Vermont

Berlin, Germany 2.1, 9.1

The Betjeman Arms, St. Pancras, London

Bettys, Yorkshire, England

Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles

Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Big Sur, California

bike tours for foodies, top ten

Binondo, Manila, Philippines

bistros modernes, Paris

Black Lion Hotel, New Quay, Wales

Blanc, Raymond

Blessing of the Fleet, Stonington, Connecticut

Blue Bar, Algonquin Hotel, New York

City

Blue Ridge, Virginia

Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa

Bolivia

Bologna, Italy

Bombay Ice Creamery, San Francisco

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Bordeaux, France

Borough, London 2.1, 8.1

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Boston Bay, Jamaica

Boston, Massachusetts

bouillabaisse marseillaise

bourbon, Kentucky

Bournemouth, England

Bramah’s Museum of Tea and Coffee, London

Brasserie Balzar, Paris

Brazil 2.1, 6.1, 8.1

bread 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Brick Lane Beigel Bake, London

The Bricklayer’s Arms, Putney, London

brie, Seine-et-Marne, France

Brisbane, Australia

British Columbia, Canada 1.1, 6.1

Brittany, France

Brong Ahafo, Ghana

Brown’s Hotel, London

Bruges, Belgium

Brussels, Belgium 1.1, 4.1, 7.1, 9.1

Budapest, Hungary

Buenos Aires, Argentina 6.1, 9.1

bulgogi, Korea

Bündnerfleisch

Burgundy, France 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1

Burj Al Arab, Dubai

C

cachaça, Brazil

cafés 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

café society, top ten cities

Cairo, Egypt

Cajun food, New Orleans

cakes 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

Calabria, Italy

Calcutta, India

California 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1

The Cambridge Blue, Cambridge, England

Camembert, Normandy, France

Campania, Italy

Canada 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 9.1

Canalhouse, Nottingham, England

candy stores, top ten

cannoli, New York City

Cantal, Auvergne, France

Cape Town, S. Africa 3.1, 4.1, 6.1

The Cape & winelands

Cape Malay dishes

Capogiro Gelato, Philadelphia

Caracas, Venezuela

Carcassonne, France

Caribbean 7.1, 8.1

cassoulet, France

Catskill Mountains, New York

cevapi, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

chaats, Mumbai, India

Champagne, France 1.1, 8.1

Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India

Chaource, Champagne/Burgundy, France 1.1, 8.1

chapatis 4.1, 4.2

charcuterie 2.1, 3.1

Charleston, South Carolina

Chartreuse, Voiron, France

Cheddar cheese, England

cheese 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1

California

England

France 1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1

Piedmont, Italy

chefs, top ten

Chengdu, China

Chennai, India

cherries, Traverse City, Michigan

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Cheshire Cheese pub, London

chèvre, Loire Valley, France

Chicago, Illinois

Child, Julia

Chile

chilies 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 5.1

China 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1

Chinatowns, top ten

chocolate 1.1, 2.1, 5.1

Brussels, Belgium

Chocolate Buffet, Vancouver

chocolate cake, River Café, London

Chocolate Hotel, Bournemouth, England

death by chocolate, top ten

Easter eggs, Paris

hot chocolate, Turin, Italy

Madrid, Spain

Mayan chocolate, Tabasco, Mexico

Vairhona chocolate, Tain l’Hermitage, France

Chowpatty Beach, India

Chubut Valley, Argentina

Chueca, Madrid, Spain

churros, Madrid, Spain

clams, Ipswich, Massachusetts

clotted cream

C.N. Tower, Toronto

Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia

cocktails 4.1, 8.1, 8.2

cocktail bars, top ten

coffee 1.1, 1.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

café society, top ten cities

coffee etiquette

Comté, Jura, France

Confiserie Temmerman, Ghent, Belgium

Connecticut 3.1, 3.2

coo-coo, Barbados

cookery demonstrations

Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa

cookery schools

Alla Madonna del Piatto, Assisi, Umbria, Italy

Beijing

Casa Vecchie, Vallelunga, Sicily, Italy

Charleston Cooks!, South Carolina

Chiang Mai Cookery School, Thailand

Cucina con Vista, Bagno a Ripoli, Tuscany, Italy

Diane Seed’s Roman Kitchen, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Divina Cucina, Florence, Italy

Fontana del Papa, Lazio, Italy

Greek islands

Green T. House Living, China

Hutong Cuisine, Beijing

Italy 4.1, 4.2

Jnane Tamsna hotel, Marrakech, Morocco

Le Cordon Bleu de Paris

Mamma Agata, Ravello, Italy

Mexico

Petra Kitchen, Jordan

Rajasthan, India

Rick Stein’s Seafood School, Padstow, England

Santa Fe School of Cooking, New Mexico

Savoring Sardinia, Orosei, Sardinia, Italy

Seagars Cook School, New Zealand

Spain

Vietnam

Villa Giona, Verona, Italy

Villa San Michele, Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy

Copenhagen, Denmark 9.1

Corbières, France

Corsica, France

Côtes du Rhone, France

country house hotels, England

County Mayo, Ireland

crabs

hairy crabs, Shanghai

soft-shell crabs, Maryland

crayfish festival, Finland

Crete, Greece

Croatia

Cuba 4.1, 6.1, 8.1

culinary surprises, top ten

Cusco’s Christmas Market, Peru

Cyprus

Czech Republic 2.1, 8.1, 9.1

D

Dallmayr, Munich, Germany

Darjeeling tea, India

Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia

Delhi, India 2.1, 2.2

delis 2.1, 2.2

New York City

Denmark 6.1, 9.1, 9.2

desserts 8.1, 9.1

Devon, England

Devon House, Kingston, Jamaica

Día de Los Santos Reyes, Mexico

dim sum, Hong Kong

Dingle, Ireland

Donovan Bar, Brown’s Hotel, London

Dordogne markets, France

drink

literary watering holes, top ten

monastic tipples, top ten

Dubai

Dublin, Ireland

Ducasse, Alain 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

duck, Beijing

dumplings 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1

Dylan’s Bar, Black Lion Hotel, New Quay, Wales

E

Easter eggs, Paris

Eccles cake, Salford, England

Economy Candy, New York City

Edinburgh, Scotland

literary pub tour

eels 5.1, 5.2

Egypt

elBulli, Spain

Ely, England

England 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

English pubs, top ten

English, Todd

entocas, Parma, Italy

Époisses, Champagne/Burgundy, France

Essex, England

Estonia

Ethiopia

F

falafels, Israel

fast food 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Fauchon, Paris

Feast of the First Morning, Vietnam

feasts

country feast, Georgia

kaiseki

New Year’s feasts, top ten

Rapujuhlat, Finland

saint’s day feasts, top ten

see also festivals

feijoada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Festa di San Lorenzo, Florence

festivals

asparagus festival, Germany

BBQ world championship, Memphis, Tennessee

cabbage festival, Hungary

chili fiesta, West Dean Gardens, England

cold food festival, Xiamen, China

crayfish festival, Finland

eel day, Ely, England

Fête des Fromages, Rocamadour, France

fish festivals 5.1, 5.2

Hanshi festival, China

herring festival, Scheveningen, Netherlands

ice cream expo, Yokohama, Japan

Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany

Oktoberfest, Namibia

Phuket vegetarian festival, Thailand

Pourcailhade festival, Trie-sur-Baïse, France

rattlesnake round-up, Sweetwater, Texas

Saborea Culinary Festival, Puerto Rico

seafood festivals 1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2

Spring Festival, China

unusual festivals, top ten

watermelon thump, Texas

White Month festival, Mongolia

Xicolatada festival, Palau-de-Cerdagne, France

see also feasts

Fête des Cuisinières, Guadeloupe, France

Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy

figs 1.1, 3.1

Finland 2.1, 3.1, 6.1

fish 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1

fish and chips, England

fish festivals 5.1, 5.2

fish markets 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1

fish recipes 4.1, 4.2, 6.1

fishing rivers, top ten

flying fish, Barbados

Lisbon, Portugal

lutefisk, Norway

Scheveningen, Netherlands

see also recipes; seafood

Florence, Italy 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1

Florida 6.1, 9.1

Floridata, Havana, Cuba

food factories & museums

top ten

turrón factory, Jijona, Spain

food shops 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1

candy stores, top ten

historic shops, top ten

London’s food halls

see also markets

food towns

forget-the-year parties, Japan

Fortnum and Mason, London

France 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

cheese tours, top ten

wine tours, top ten

Franche-Comté, France

Franschhoek Valley, South Africa

French fries, Belgium

fusion cuisine 5.1, 6.1

G

galettes

gamebirds

Gare de Lyon, Paris

Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada

Georgia (Europe)

Georgia (U.S.A.)

Germany 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2

Ghana

Ghantewala Halwai, Delhi, India

Ghent, Belgium 2.1, 5.1

Gien, France

gin, Schiedam, Netherlands

Glacé, Sydney, Australia

Goa, India

Golden Triangle, Thailand

Gordon, Peter

goulash, Hungary

GQ Bar, Moscow

Gran Café de Gijón, Chueca, Madrid, Spain

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Central Terminal, New York City

granita

grattachecca

Greece

Athenian tavernas

Greek islands

Greenland

grouse shooting, U.K.

Guadeloupe, France

H

The Hague, Netherlands

Hacı Bekir, 2.1, 9.1

ham 1.1, 1.2

jamón ibérico, Spain

Parma ham, Italy

San Daniele ham, Italy

hamburgers, U.S.A.

Hanoi, Vietnam

Harrods, Knightsbridge, London

Havana, Cuba 4.1, 6.1, 8.1

Heathrow Airport, England

Helados Scannapieco, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Helsinki, Finland

herrings, Netherlands

historic restaurants, top ten

Hogmanay, Scotland

home-cooked food, Havana, Cuba

Hong Kong 6.1, 9.1

hot dogs, New York City

Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy

Hotel Ritz, Paris

Houston, Texas

Howard, Philip

Hungary 1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1

I

Ibiza, Spain

ice cream 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 9.1

Ice Cream City, Tokyo

top ten places for

Iceland

Illinois

India 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1, 9.2

Indianapolis International Airport

Indonesia

Ipswich, Massachusetts

Iran

Ireland 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2

Irish stew, Ireland

Islay, Scotland

Isle of Palms, South Carolina

Israel

Istanbul, Turkey 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2

Italy 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

cookery schools, top ten

izakaya, Tokyo

J

Jakarta, Indonesia

Jamaica 1.1, 5.1, 9.1

jamón ibérico, Spain

Janbu’s Bar, Raffles Resort, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Japan 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

jenever, Schiedam, Netherlands

jerk pork, Boston Bay, Jamaica

Jevington, England

Jijona, Spain

Jordan

Jura, France

K

KaDeWe, Berlin, Germany

kaiseki feasting

Kansas City BBQ

Kemi, Finland 6.1

Kent, England

Kentucky

key lime pie, Florida

Khan el-Khalili, Cairo, Egypt

kibbeh, Lebanon/Syria

Kingston, Jamaica

Klosters, Switzerland

Knightsbridge, London

Korea 1.1, 5.1

Kota Baharu, Malaysia

Kraków, Poland

Kristo Boase Monastery, Brong Ahafo, Ghana

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

kulfi, Chowpatty Beach, India

Kupa River, Croatia

Kykkos Monastery, Troödos Mountains, Cyprus

Kyoto, Japan 6.1, 7.1

L

La Mancha, Spain

La Paz, Bolivia

La Rioja, Spain

La Violeta, Madrid, Spain

Lagasse, Emeril 6.1, 7.1

lamb, Canterbury, New Zealand

Lamotte-Beuvron, France

langoustines

Langres, Champagne, France

Las Vegas 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Lazio, Italy

Le Saint Géran Hotel, Mauritius

Lebanon

lechon, Manila, Philippines

Libya

Lisbon, Portugal

Literaturnoe Kafe, St. Petersburg, Russia

lobsters, New Brunswick, Canada

Loire Valley, France 1.1, 3.1

London 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2

The Lord Nelson, Southwold, Sussex, England

Los Angeles 5.1, 7.1

Louisiana 4.1, 6.1

Lulung, Texas

lutefisk, Norway

luxury dining

Beijing

Chicago style

elBulli, Spain

France 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Hotel Cipriani, Venice

Italy

Japan 7.1, 7.2

Kikunoi restaurant, Kyoto, Japan

Klosters, Switzerland

Las Vegas hot spots

Le Saint Géran Hotel, Mauritius

Lyon, France

Mauritius 6.1, 7.1

Milan, Italy

Moscow

New York City institutions

Parisian haute cuisine

Provence, France

St.-Barth, Caribbean

San Francisco chic eats

top ten chefs

top ten cocktail bars

top ten restaurants “on top of the world”

U.K.

U.S.A. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

see also restaurants

Lyon, France 2.1, 7.1

M

Macau, China

Madagascar

Madeira, Portugal

Madiran, France

Madison River, Montana

Madrid, Spain 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2

Magnolia Bakery, New York City

Maierá, Italy

Maille, Paris

Maine 1.1, 2.1

Malaysia 2.1, 5.1

Maldives

Mallow, Ireland

Ma’loula, Syria

Manchester, England

Manhattan, New York City 6.1, 7.1, 9.1

Manila, Philippines 2.1, 6.1, 6.2

maple syrup, Vermont

markets

Balık Pazarı fish market, Istanbul, Turkey

Borough Market, London

Campo dei Fiori, Rome, Italy

Castle Terrace Farmers’ Market, Edinburgh, Scotland

Castries Market, St. Lucia

Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India

Cours Saleya, Nice, France

Cusco’s Christmas Market, Peru

Damnoen Saduak floating market, Thailand

farmers’ markets 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 6.2

Ferry Building Marketplace, San Francisco

fish markets 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1

Granville Island Market, Vancouver

Italian Market, South Philadelphia

Kauppatori, Helsinki, Finland

Khan el-Khalili, Cairo, Egypt

Kreta Ayer Wet Market, Singapore

La Boqueria market, Barcelona, Spain

La Vucciria, Palermo, Italy

Lau Pa Sat Festival Market, Singapore

market etiquette, Malaysia

market tips, Vietnam

Mercado Central, Santiago, Chile

Mercato di Porta Palazzo, Turin, Italy

Newton Circus, Singapore 5.1, 5.2

night markets, Dordogne, France

Prague’s Christmas markets, Czech Republic

Puebla markets, Mexico

Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia

Quezon City, Philippines

Ramadan markets, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rialto fish market (Pescaria), Venice, Italy

St. Lawrence farmers’ market, Toronto

Salcedo Market, Manila, Philippines

street markets, top ten

Sydney Fish Market, Australia

Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo

Union Square Greenmarket, New York City

Ver-o-Peso, Belém, Brazil

Maroilles, Picardie, France

Marrakech, Morocco 4.1, 5.1

Marseille, France

Maryland

marzipan, Sicily, Italy

Massachusetts 1.1, 6.1

Matsuhisa, Nobuyuki “Nobu”

Mauritius

Max Brenner, New York City

Melbourne, Australia 2.1, 6.1, 6.2

Melton Mowbray, England

Memphis, Tennessee

Mendoza, Argentina

Merchant Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland

mescal, Mexico

Mexico 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1

Mexico City

Miami, Florida

Michigan

Milan, Italy

Mina, Michael

Missouri 5.1, 9.1

Modena, Italy

mole

Mongolia

Montana

Montélimar, France

Montreal, Quebec 6.1, 6.2

Morocco 4.1, 5.1

Moscow 2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

Mount Bures, Essex, England

Mount Etna, Italy

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum, Wisconsin

Moy River, County Mayo, Ireland

Mrs Kibble’s Olde Sweet Shoppe, London

Mumbai, India

Munich, Germany 2.1, 8.1

Museo del Peperoncino, Maierá, Italy

Museum of Bread Culture, Ulm, Germany

Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate, Brussels, Belgium

museums & food factories

top ten

turrón factory, Jijona, Spain

mushrooms 3.1, 3.2

mustard 1.1, 2.1

N

Namibia

Napa Valley, California

Naples, Italy

Narcea River, Asturias, Spain

national dishes, top ten

Nebbiolo, Piedmont, Italy

Nemesis cake, River Café, London

Netherlands 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1

Nevada 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

New Brunswick, Canada

New Day holiday, Iran

New Malden, England

New Mexico

New Orleans, Louisiana 4.1, 6.1

New Quay, Wales

New Year’s feasts, top ten

New York State

New York City 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

New Zealand 1.1, 4.1

Nice, France

noodles

Normandy, France

North Yorkshire, England

Northern Ireland

Norway

Nottingham, England

nougat, Montélimar, France

Nuevo Latino cuisine

Miami, Florida

San Juan, Puerto Rico

O

octopus 1.1, 5.1

Old Green Tree, Bath, England

The Oldest Sweet Shop in England, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire

olives 1.1, 4.1

oranges, Mount Etna, Italy

Oregon

the original and the best, top ten

Orne’s Candy Store, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Orosei, Sardinia

Osaka, Japan

Ossau-Iraty, French Pyrénées

oysters 1.1, 2.1

Brittany, France

New Brunswick, Canada

P

Padstow, England

paella, Valencia, Spain

Palau-de-Cerdagne, France

Palermo, Italy

Pannonhalma Archabbey, Hungary

paprika

Paranakan cuisine, Singapore

Paris 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Parkminster, England

Parma, Italy 4.1, 8.1

pasta 3.1, 4.1, 6.1

pastes, Mexican 4.1

pastries

Danish pastries

Paris

Patagonia, Argentina 1.1, 4.1

Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England

Paxton & Whitfield, London

peach Melba, London

Pennsylvania 5.1, 9.1

Pennsylvania Dutch pies

Penobscot River, Maine

peperoncino

Perchè No!, Florence, Italy

Périgord, France

Peru 2.1, 8.1

Petra Kitchen, Jordan

Philadelphia 5.1, 9.1

Philippines 2.1, 6.1, 6.2

Phuket vegetarian festival, Thailand

Picardie, France

Pick Salami and Szeged Paprika Museum, Hungary

pie and mash shops, England

Piedmont, Italy 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 8.1

pisco, Peru

pizzas, Naples, Italy

plaintains

Poland 3.1, 6.1, 6.2

Polignano a Mare, Italy

pork 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2

pork pies

Portugal 6.1, 8.1

port

Portuguese steamed clams, Massachusetts

pot-au-feu, France

potatoes

Prague, Czech Republic 2.1, 8.1, 9.1

Prestbury, Cheltenham, England

Prince Edward Island, Canada

Princess Royal Island, BC, Canada

prosciutto

Provence, France 4.1, 7.1, 9.1

Prudhomme, Paul

pubs 7.1, 8.1

Dingle, Ireland

English pubs, top ten

puchkas, Calcutta, India

Puck, Wolfgang

Puducherry, India

Puerto Rico

pumpernickel, Germany

pumpkins 3.1, 6.1

Putney, London

Q

Quebec, Canada 1.1, 6.1

Quebec City

Quezon City, Philippines

R

Raffles Resort, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Rajasthan, India 3.1, 4.1

ramen

ramps, West Virginia

Ramsay, Gordon 6.1, 7.1

Rapujuhlat, Finland

Ravello, Campania, Italy

recipes

beef in Barolo, Italy

caipirinha cocktail, Brazil

clotted cream, England

corn, tomato and black bean salsa, New Mexico

Creole almond, Caribbean

crispy sea bass, England

dumplings with cheese (Kasnock’n), Austria 3.1

Eton mess, England

fava beans (ful mudammas), Egypt 2.1

fish baked in sea salt (peixe assado ao sal), Portugal 6.1

herb-roasted almonds (amandes grillées

aux herbes), Provence, France

Irish soda bread

jerk sauce, Jamaica

mango yoghurt drink (mango lassi), India 5.1

pasta gratin with greens, chickpeas and feta, Greece

Portuguese steamed clams, Massachusetts

pots au chocolat, Belgium

poverty crostini (crostini di povertà), Tuscany, Italy 4.1

preserved lemons, Morocco

pumpkin fritters (pampoenkoekies), South Africa 6.1

Roman artichokes (carciofi alla Romana), Italy 2.1

scones, England

Sicilian orange salad, Italy

spiced paneer, Rajasthan, India

tea, Hong Kong

Thai cucumber salad, Thailand

tomato-rubbed toast (pa amb tomàquet), Spain 2.1

vanilla sugar, Réunion/Madagascar

Welsh rarebit, England

restaurants

airport restaurants

Apsley Gorge Vineyard Café, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Asitane, Istanbul, Turkey

Atelier de Jean Luc Rabanel, Arles, France

The Baths, Sorrento, Victoria, Australia

Beaver Club, Montreal

Belgium Taste of the Sky, Brussels

Bella Vista, La Paz, Bolivia

Boathouse, Breach Inlet, Isle of Palms, South Carolina

Botín, Madrid, Spain

Budapest’s restaurants

Café del Mar, San Antonio, Ibiza, Spain

Cape Town’s restaurants

Champagne Bar, St. Pancras, London

Château de la Bourdaisière, Loire Valley, France

Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California

Club 55, St.-Tropez, France

Colonial Tramcar Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia

Dans le Noir, London

De Kas, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Drehrestaurant Allalin, Saas Fee, Switzerland

Edinburgh’s restaurants

El Chepe, Mexico

El Tovar Dining Room, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Flik, Warsaw, Poland

Fortezza Medicea, Volterra, Italy

Globe@YVC, Vancouver Airport, Canada

Grotta Palazzese, Polignano a Mare, Italy

Indianapolis International Airport

Ithaa, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island

Jules Verne, Paris

Kikunoi restaurant, Kyoto, Japan

La Tour d’Argent, Paris

Le Miramar, Marseille, France

Le Procope, Paris

Le Saint Paul, Provence, France

Le Train Bleu, Gare de Lyon, Paris

Lisbon’s restaurants

London’s restaurants

Longueville House, Mallow, Ireland

luxury restaurants see luxury dining

Madrid’s restaurants

Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, U.K.

Méson de Cándido, Segovia, Spain

Muisbosskerm, Western Cape, South Africa

Nepenthe, Big Sur, California

Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ, Kansas City

Olde Hansa, Tallinn, Estonia

Owariya, Kyoto, Japan

Oyster Bar, Grand Central Terminal, New York City

Paris bistros

Patrenella’s, Houston, Texas

Perlan, Reykjavík, Iceland

Petersham Nurseries, London

Petra Kitchen, Jordan

Philippe’s, Los Angeles

Plane Food, Heathrow Airport, England

Québécois restaurants

railroad restaurants

The Rainbow Room, New York City

Reial Club Marítim, Barcelona, Spain

Rick Stein’s fish restaurants, Padstow, England

River Café, London 6.1, 9.1

Royal Dragon, Bangkok, Thailand

Rules, London

seafood restaurants 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1

Silvertree, Cape Town, South Africa

Sirocco, Bangkok, Thailand

SnowCastle, Kemi, Finland

station restaurants

Takamasa, Osaka, Japan

Tangerine Dream Café, London

tavernas, Athens, Greece

TexMex, San Antonio, Texas

360, Toronto

Titanic Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia

Tokyo Station, Japan

Top of the World, Las Vegas

top ten extreme restaurants

top ten historic restaurants

top ten kitchen gardens &

restaurants

top ten “on top of the world”

top ten travelers’ restaurants

top ten with sea views

Trattoria alla Madonna, Venice, Italy

The Treehouse, Alnwick Garden, England

Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

Union Oyster House, Boston, Massachusetts

Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, BC, Canada

Wierzynek, Kraków, Poland

Witold Budryk Chamber, Wieliczka, Poland

XEX, Taipei, China/Taiwan

Yar, Moscow

see also luxury dining

Réunion

Reykjavík, Iceland

rijsttafel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Río Grande, Patagonia, Argentina

roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, England

Robuchon, Joël 7.1, 7.2

Rocamadour, France

Rome 2.1, 4.1, 9.1, 9.2

Roquefort, Aveyron, France

Rose Room, Algonquin Hotel, New York City

The Royal Oak, Borough, London

The Royal Oak, Prestbury, Cheltenham, England

rum, Caribbean

Russia 2.1, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

S

Saas Fee, Switzerland

sachertorte, Vienna, Austria

saffron, La Mancha, Spain

Saigon, Vietnam

St.-Barth, Caribbean

St.-Émilion, France

St. Hugh’s Charterhouse, Parkminster, England

St. James (feast of), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

St. Joseph (feast of), Sicily, Italy

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Lucia 2.1

St. Mark (feast of), Venice, Italy

St. Martin of Tours (feast of), Skåne, Sweden

St. Pancras, London 6.1, 8.1

St. Patrick (feast of), Ireland

St. Petersburg, Russia

St.-Tropez, France

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

saint’s day feasts, top ten

sake, Japan

salami

Salford, England

salmon 1.1, 4.1

Salta Province, Argentina

San Antonio, Ibiza, Spain

San Antonio, Texas

San Daniele, Italy

San Francisco 2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Sancerre, France

sandwiches

Los Angeles

Philadelphia

Sangiovese, Tuscany, Italy

Sant Antoni Abat (feast of), Andorra

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santiago, Chile

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Sapporo, Japan

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sardinia

sashimi

Scheveningen, Netherlands

Schiedam, Netherlands

Scotland 6.1, 8.1, 8.2

wild produce

sea views, top ten eateries with

seafood itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1

Marseille, France

seafood festivals 1.1, 3.1

seafood restaurants 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1

Sydney, Australia

see also fish

Seattle, Washington

Segovia, Spain

Seine-et-Marne, France

Seoul, Korea

Seville, Spain

sfogliatelle Napoletane

Shanghai, China

sherry, Seville, Spain

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, Japan

shoofly pie

shops see food shops

Sichuan cooking, China

Sicily, Italy 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1

sidewalk chefs, New York City

Siena, Italy

Singapore 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2

Singapore fusion

Singapore sling

Skåne, Sweden

Skyview Bar, Burj Al Arab, Dubai

Slow Food movement, Italy 3.1, 3.2

smørrebrød, Denmark

Solvang, California

Sonoma, California 3.1, 8.1

Sorrento, Victoria, Australia

South Africa 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1

South Carolina 6.1, 6.2

Southwold, Sussex, England

Spain 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2

spices, Rajasthan, India

spit-roasted pig, Manila, Philippines

spring rolls

Sri Lanka

steak, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Stein, Rick

stews 1.1, 1.2

Stonington, Connecticut

Strahov Brewery, Prague, Czech Republic

strawberries, Kent, England

street food

Bangkok, Thailand

Beijing

Belgium (French fries)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Calcutta, India (puchkas) 5.1

Chengdu, China

China 5.1, 6.1

Delhi, India

England (fish and chips)

India 2.1, 5.1, 5.2

Israel (falafels)

Italy

Jamaica (jerk pork)

Japan (octopus)

Kansas City (barbecue)

Korea (seafood)

Los Angeles (fast food)

Malaysia

Mexico

Morocco

Mumbai, India (chaats) 5.1

Netherlands (herring)

New York City

Philadelphia (sandwiches)

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (ćevapi) 5.1

Singapore (Singapore fusion)

Spain

street markets, top ten

street tripe (trippa alla florentina) 4.1

Thailand

U.S.A. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

Valencia, Spain (paella)

Venezuela (arepas) 5.1

Vietnam 4.1, 5.1

suckling pig, Segovia, Spain

Suffolk, England

Suriname

sushi 1.1, 2.1

Sussex, England

Sweden

Sweetwater, Texas

Switzerland 1.1, 7.1, 7.2

Sydney, Australia 6.1, 7.1, 9.1

Syria 1.1, 8.1

Szeged, Hungary

T

Tabasco, Mexico

tagine

Tain l’Hermitage, France

Taipei, China/Taiwan

Taiwan

takoyaki, Osaka, Japan

Tallinn, Estonia

tapas 2.1, 6.1, 8.1

Seville, Spain

tarte Tatin, Lamotte-Beuvron, France

Tasmania, Australia

tea 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

afternoon tea, Hong Kong

Bettys, Yorkshire, England

China 1.1, 6.1

cream tea, Devon, England

Darjeeling tea

teahouses 6.1, 9.1

white silver tip tea, China

Ted Drewes frozen custard, St. Louis, Missouri

Tennessee

Texas 3.1, 5.1, 6.1

TexMex, San Antonio, Texas

Thailand 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

thali, Bangalore, India

The Thatchers Arms, Mount Bures, Essex, England

Tofino, B.C., Canada

Tokyo 1.1, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1

Tolfa, Lazio, Italy

Toronto 2.1, 7.1

travelers’ restaurants, top ten

Traverse City, Michigan

Trie-sur-Baïse, France

Trinidad and Tobago

Troödos Mountains, Cyprus

truffles, Périgord, France

Tryst, Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas

Tunis, Tunisia

Turin, Italy 3.1, 9.1

Turkey 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2

Mediterranean Turkey

turrón factory, Jijona, Spain

Tuscany, Italy 4.1, 4.2, 8.1

U

Ulm, Germany

Umbria, Italy

Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

United Kingdom 7.1, 7.2

see also England; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales

V

vacherin du Haut-Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Vaffelbageriet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Val de Loire, France

Valencia, Spain

Vallelunga, Sicily

Vancouver 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1

vanilla, Réunion/Madagascar

Vecsés, Hungary

Veneto, Italy

Venezuela

Venice, Italy 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1

venison 1.1, 4.1

Veracruz, Mexico

Vermont 1.1, 1.2

Verona, Veneto, Italy

Vervey, Switzerland

Victoria, Australia

Vienna, Austria 9.1, 9.2

Vietnam 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 9.1

Virginia

vodka

Voiron, France

Voisin, Lyon, France

Volterra, Italy

Vongerichten, Jean-Georges

W

Waipara Valley, New Zealand

Walberswick, Suffolk, England

Wales

Warsaw, Poland

wasabi 1.1, 4.1

Washington State 8.1, 9.1

Waterbury, Vermont

Weltenburg Monastery, Bavaria, Germany

West Dean Gardens, England

West Virginia

Western Cape, South Africa

Westphalia, Germany

whiskey 8.1, 8.2

White Horse Tavern, New York City

Wieliczka, Poland

Wiener schnitzel, Austria

Winding Stair Bookshop & Café, Dublin, Ireland

wine

Argentina

Australia

California 3.1, 8.1

France 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 8.2

wine tours of, top ten

Georgia (Europe)

Italy 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

monastic wineries

New Zealand

Portugal 8.1, 8.2

South Africa

Spain 8.1, 8.2

Washington State

Wisconsin

wurst

Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas

X

Xiamen, China

Y

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, Melton Mowbray, England

Yeliseyevsky, Moscow

Yokohama, Japan

Yorkshire, England

Yucatán-style cooking, Mexico