Food & Drink

Texas BBQ Chicken, Pork, Beef, Brisket and all the sides

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American food: The 20 greatest dishes

From starters to desserts, here are CNN Travel’s 20 selections for the greatest American food dishes.

Man holding yellow cup with cappuccino, personal perspective view

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I’ve tried the best coffee from around the world. I still don’t like it

Una Pizza Napoletana

The world’s best pizza for 2024 isn’t in Naples – or even in Italy. Here’s where it is …

The US woman who teaches French people how to cook French food

Waffles with strawberries and blueberries, directly above close-up view

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How waffles evolved from an Ancient Roman delicacy to one of the world’s most popular treats

Gabriele Seghizzi

Why this Olympian is making everyone crave Italian cheese

Chef Ahmad Halawa hosts supper clubs in his back yard in Dubai

This city has 18,000 restaurants — but diners are spending $100 to eat at someone’s home

Korean Air planes are parked on the tarmac at Gimpo domestic airport in Seoul, South Korea on September 2, 2020.

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An airline in Asia is removing a popular snack from flights. Turbulence is to blame

Tamatebako, an all-you-can restaurant at Shibuya, Tokyo, offers Japanese spider crabs.

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Japanese restaurants say they’re not charging tourists more – they’re just charging locals less

A man walks past a GS25 convenience store along a street in Seoul on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Instant ramen and influencers: Inside the world of South Korean convenience stores

Bar Leone is a love letter to Italy.

Asia’s 50 best bars for 2024 have been announced. A newcomer has earned the top spot

Forbidden city at daytime,Beijing,China

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Tiger testicles and mythical banquets: What China’s emperors inside Beijing’s secretive Forbidden City really ate

Trader Joe's Everything but the Bagel seasoning mix is banned in South Korea.

This grocery store item is beloved in the US. But it’s banned in South Korea

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Silkworm satay? Singapore approves insects as food

The 50 Best has unveiled its <a href="https://www.theworlds50best.com/mena/en/lists/1-50" target="_blank" target="_blank">2024 list</a> of the best restaurants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). <strong>Look through the gallery and see the region's other top restaurants, as selected by 50 Best list group. </strong>

Orfali Bros Bistro

How a family-run bistro became the Middle East’s best restaurant

Vietnamese salted coffee with salty cheese cream (ca phe muoi) against green leaves

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Salty cream in your morning brew? Why Vietnam’s specialty coffees are catching on around the world

Bliss Restaurant interior May 30, 2024

Some bars and eateries are banning 20-somethings. Can it become a widespread practice?

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This woman sculpts celebrity busts – from sushi

FIX chocolate bars come in six flavors, including its signature pistachio knafeh.

Meet the woman behind Dubai’s viral super-chunky chocolate bar

Dakar NOLA in New Orleans received the Best New Restaurant award.

These chefs and restaurants are the 2024 James Beard Award winners

French Polynesia has a culinary secret. It’s home to mouth-watering Chinese fusion cuisine

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Francesc Guillamet Ferran

World’s best restaurant for 2024 revealed

Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, May 2, 2024.

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Popular Tokyo neighborhood to ban drinking in public places

What was it like to cook for leaders Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron? One of the world’s top chefs shares his experience