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NO...not necessarily! Probably not what anyone might prefer to hear...but NO, America does not have the BEST food in the world; different, diverse, interesting, highly regional...BUT all of it is dependent on ones individual preferences and tastes.
Finest Cuisines of the World
Cuisines in different countries in the world have a variety of characteristics that make each country's cuisine unique.
Food is what sustains our lives and has cultural, traditional, and healthful significance for our families. Numerous types of food exist in the world. They all have different nutrition values and provide us with energy to go through the day. There are many things that people know about food. However, some food facts are so bizarre that surely most people do not know about them.
I totally agree! How could anyone say that ANY one cuisine or country's food is "the best in the world" objectively is totally beyond me. For instance, I LOVE most German food - but lots of other people despise it, or think it's boring or whatever. I even love English food and it's greatly maligned by many (though certainly not me - I didn't have a single bad meal the entire time I was there!). Personally, and I may just go straight to hell for this statement, even though I am a New Orleans native, I don't much care for Cajun food, though some of it's good - but my husband absolutely LOVES it.
Food is more than just food - it's also, as you point out, full of cultural, traditional, and healthful significance to us and to our families. It's often laden with emotion, memories, etc. It's impossible to say which country "really" has "the best food in the world" - of course.
As one would expect, there's a heavy concentration of them in the eastern half of the country, but it drops off in the western half because of mountains, deserts and large expanses of sparsely populated places. Farmers markets pick up again close to the west coast.
As one would expect, there's a heavy concentration of them in the eastern half of the country, but it drops off in the western half because of mountains, deserts and large expanses of sparsely populated places. Farmers markets pick up again close to the west coast.
Who knows what was current in 2011. My small town Texas with 1500 souls has a farmers market. How many of them are not on-line? There is still life unattached to blogs out there:>)
Who knows what was current in 2011. My small town Texas with 1500 souls has a farmers market. How many of them are not on-line? There is still life unattached to blogs out there:>)
As one would expect, there's a heavy concentration of them in the eastern half of the country, but it drops off in the western half because of mountains, deserts and large expanses of sparsely populated places. Farmers markets pick up again close to the west coast.
This was a scary find. I didn't know it existed, and I haven't seen fresh meat in Canada labelled with it ( in Canada and the US it is supposed to be labelled as such " transglutaminase enzyme" ).
It sounds like the issue is if you don't know that piece of meat is actually 3, then if you don't cook it through like hamburger, you could get food poisoning, since it a true piece of meat the interior will not have the bacteria that an exposed part would.
Again, the EU bans this.
You do know that there are TONS of farmers' markets missing from that map, right? It's not like there's some "central reporting office" for local farmers' markets. For instance, there are numerous fresh produce stands on roadsides within three miles of my house that I'm pretty sure don't show up on that map.
As for the lack of farmers' markets out west...have you ever looked out of an airplane window when you're flying over, say, Utah, or Wyoming, or even Colorado? There are vast tracts of land in the western US that are simply UNPOPULATED or so sparcely populated that it is completely impractical to expect a farmers market or a full service grocery store to be within a few miles of each and every person who chooses to live in an area with such a low population.
You do know that there are TONS of farmers' markets missing from that map, right? It's not like there's some "central reporting office" for local farmers' markets. For instance, there are numerous fresh produce stands on roadsides within three miles of my house that I'm pretty sure don't show up on that map.
As for the lack of farmers' markets out west...have you ever looked out of an airplane window when you're flying over, say, Utah, or Wyoming, or even Colorado? There are vast tracts of land in the western US that are simply UNPOPULATED or so sparcely populated that it is completely impractical to expect a farmers market or a full service grocery store to be within a few miles of each and every person who chooses to live in an area with such a low population.
The map I linked to showed the total number of farmers markets (probably roughly) but not per capita. As I said the western U.S. is much more sparsely populated than the east until you get close to the coast. So, the per capita numbers could very well be higher out west.
The map I linked to showed the total number of farmers markets (probably roughly) but not per capita. As I said the western U.S. is much more sparsely populated than the east until you get close to the coast. So, the per capita numbers could very well be higher out west.
Who could know? I do know one thing - there are lots and lots of farmers' markets in the US - and that's a good thing!
I think the US has the greatest variety of food options. And of course our homegrown cuisine, of which there are various regional varieties.
Plus the largest range of food items available in a commercial sense (product mix, brand offerings, etc).
The largest range of restaurant chains as well, if that suits you.
Lots of junk food yes, but overall I think the US has the best food overall.
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